My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, ‘I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.’
I bought her a scale.
A Redneck from the South walked into a bank in New York City
and asked for the loan officer…
He told the loan officer that he was going to Bakersfield
on business for four weeks and needed to borrow $5,000
and that he was not a depositor of the bank. The bank
officer told him that the bank would need some form of
security for the loan, so the Redneck handed over the keys
to a new Ferrari.
The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The
Redneck produced the title and everything checked out.
The loan officer agreed to hold the
car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to
charge 12% interest.
Later, the bank’s president and its officers all
enjoyed a good laugh at the Redneck from the South
for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a
$5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari
into the bank’s underground garage and parked it.
Four weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid the $5,000
and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, ‘Sir, we are very
happy to have had your business, and this transaction has
worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you
were away, we checked you out and found that you
are a multimillionaire.
What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow
$5,000?’
The Redneck replied, ‘Where else in New York
City, can I park my car for four weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there
when I return?’
maso.
dino