>> >the lucky joke: you have to believe.
>> >
>> >this is a joke that is supposed to bring you luck.
>> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> >an elderly woman walked into the bank of canada one morning with a
>> purse >full of money. She wanted to open a savings
>> >account and insisted on talking to the president of the bank
>> >because, she said , she had a lot of money.
>> >
>> >after many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is always
>> >right) an em ployee took the elderly woman to the president's
>> >office.
>> >
>> >the president of the bank asked her how much she wanted to deposit.
>> she >placed her purse on his desk and replied,
>> >"$165,000". The president was curious and asked her how she had been
>> able >to save so much money. The elderly woman
>> >replied that she made bets.
>> >
>> >the president was surprised and asked, "what kind of bets?"
>> >
>> >the elderly woman replied, "well, I bet you $25,000 that your
>> testicles are >square."
>> >
>> >the president started to laugh and told the woman that it was
>> >impossible to win a bet like that.
>> >
>> >the woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the president and
>> said, >"would you like to take my bet?"
>> >
>> >"certainly", replied the president. "i bet you $25,000 that my
>> >testicles are not square."
>> >
>> >"done", the elderly woman answered. "but given the amount of money
>> >involved, if you don't mind I would like to come back at 10 o'clock
>> >tomorrow morning with my lawyer as a witness."
>> >
>> >"no problem", said the president of the bank confidently.
>> >
>> >that night, the president became very nervous about the bet
>> >and spent a long time in front of the mirror examining his
>> >testicles, turning them this way and that , checking them over
>> >again and again until he was positive that no one could
>> >consider his testicles as square and reassuring himself that there
>> was no >way he could lose the bet.
>> >
>> >the next morning at exactly 10 o'clock the elderly woman
>> >arrived at the president's office with her lawyer and
>> >acknowledged the $25,000 bet made the day before that the
>> >president's testicles were square.
>> >
>> >the president confirmed that the bet was the same as the one
>> >made the day before. Then the elderly woman asked him to
>> >drop his pants etc. So that she and her lawyer could see clearly.
>> >
>> >the president was happy to oblige.
>> >
>> >the elderly woman came closer so she could see better and
>> >asked the president if she could touch them. "of course", said the
>> >president "given the amount of money involved, you
>> >should be 100% sure."
>> >
>> >the elderly woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the
>> >president noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against
>> >the wall. He asked the elderly woman why he was doing that
>> >and she replied, "oh, it's probably because I bet him $100,000 that
>> around >10 o'clock in the morning I would be holding the
>> >balls of the president of the bank of canada !"
>> >