moparstuart
Well-Known Member
cowboy goes to Paris
>A Cowboy from Sweetwater , Texas walked into a bank in New York City
> and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was
> going to Paris for an international rodeo for two 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 Cowboy handed over the keys to a new
> Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The
> Cowboy 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 Cowboy from Texas 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 private underground garage and parked it.
> Two weeks later, the Cowboy 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 on Dunn &
> Bradstreet and found that you are a highly sophisticatedinvestor and
> multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the
> world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines
> around Sweetwater , Texas . What puzzles us is, why would you bother
> to borrow $5,000?"
> The good 'ole Texas boy replied, "Where else in New York City can I
> park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there
> when I return?"
> Don't mess with TEXANS......
>A Cowboy from Sweetwater , Texas walked into a bank in New York City
> and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was
> going to Paris for an international rodeo for two 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 Cowboy handed over the keys to a new
> Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The
> Cowboy 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 Cowboy from Texas 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 private underground garage and parked it.
> Two weeks later, the Cowboy 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 on Dunn &
> Bradstreet and found that you are a highly sophisticatedinvestor and
> multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the
> world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines
> around Sweetwater , Texas . What puzzles us is, why would you bother
> to borrow $5,000?"
> The good 'ole Texas boy replied, "Where else in New York City can I
> park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there
> when I return?"
> Don't mess with TEXANS......
