The Loan
A lady walks into a bank in New York City
and asks for the loan officer. She says she's going to Europe on business for
two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan,
so the lady hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce parked on the street in
front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car
as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank's
underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the lady returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which
comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "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 lady replied, "Where else in New York can I park my car for two weeks for 15
bucks?"