A man walked into the house panting and completely exhausted. "What happened, honey?" inquired his wife. "It's a great new idea I have," he gasped. "I ran all the way home behind the bus and saved 75 cents." "That wasn't very bright," replied his wife. "Why didn't you run behind a taxi and save $4.00?"
A rather frugal man asked the bank for a loan of one dollar and was told he would have to pay 15% interest at the end of the year. For security he offered $60,000 in US bonds. The banker, foreseeing a potential depositor, accepted the bonds and gave the man a dollar.
At the end of the year, he was back with a dollar and fifteen cents to clear up his debt and asked for the return of his bonds. Upon returning the bonds the banker asked. "I don't want to be inquisitive, but since you have all those bonds, why did you have to borrow a dollar?" "Well," said the tightfisted old gent, "I really didn't have to. But do you know of any other way I could get the use of a safety deposit box for fifteen cents a year?"
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