I Make Bets - Akpos

Akpos went into the Bank of America one day carrying a bag of money. He insists that he must speak with the President of the bank to open a savings account because it’s a lot of money.

They finally get him into the president’s office and he asks Akpos how much he would like to deposit. Akpos says he has $165,000 and then dumps it out of the bag onto his desk.

The president was surprised and of course curious as to how Akpos came by all this cash, so he asks him. Akpos says, “I make bets.”

The president replies, “Bets? What kind of bets?” and he says, “For example, I’ll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square.”

“Ha!” says the president, “That’s a stupid bet, you can never win that kind of bet.”

Akpos says, “So, would you like to take my bet?” Sure,” says the president, “I’ll bet $25,000 that my balls are not square!”

Akpos says, “OK, but since there is a lot of money involved is it OK with you if I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow at 10:00 AM to witness?”

“Sure,” says the president.

That night the president got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls, turning from side to side, again and again, thoroughly checking them out until he was sure that there is no way his balls are square and that he will win the bet.

The next morning at 10 AM, Akpos appears with his lawyer at the president’s office.

He introduces the lawyer to the president and repeats the bet, that $25,000 says the president’s balls are square.

The president agrees with the bet again and Akpos asks him to drop his pants so they can see. The president does this, Akpos looks closely at his balls and then asks if he can feel them.

“Well, OK” says the president, “$25 000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure.”

Then he notices that the lawyer is quietly banging his head against the wall and he asks Akpos, “What is wrong with your lawyer?”

He replies, “Nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that by 10 AM today I’d have The Bank of America’s president’s balls in my hands!” < by Emmanuel uujo>