A woman 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 that the bank will need some kind of security
for such a loan, so the woman 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 woman 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 woman replied, "Where else in New York can I park my car for two
weeks for 15 bucks?"
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