01/22/2026 from Daily Jokes
#21717
An elderly woman walked into a Bank of America branch carrying an enormous bag of cash.
She told the receptionist she wished to see the bank president, as she intended to deposit a very large sum of money. The receptionist tried to refuse, but the woman refused to leave. With no other option, the receptionist went to speak to the president.
Moments later, she returned and said, “You’re in luck this morning. He’ll see you.”
Inside the office, the bank president asked, “How may I help you, madam?”
“I’d like to open a new account and deposit this money,” the woman replied.
“And how much would that be?” he asked.
“$180,000,” she said, emptying the cash onto his desk.
The president was taken aback. “That’s a substantial amount of cash. How did you obtain it? We are not a money-laundering facility.”
“Oh, nothing illegal,” she said calmly. “I make bets.”
“Bets?” he asked. “What kind of bets?”
“For example,” she said, “I bet you that your right hand tastes like eggs—only your right hand, not your left. Let’s meet tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. If I’m right, you owe me $25,000. If I’m wrong, I’ll pay you $10,000.”
The president was stunned. The bet sounded impossible. But the banker in him saw easy money and agreed almost immediately.
“Excellent,” she said. “I’ll be here at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow with my lawyer. No backing out.”
Though confident, the president grew uneasy. He barely slept that night, repeatedly smelling and even licking his hands, certain there was nothing unusual about them.
The next morning at exactly 9:00 a.m., the old lady arrived with her lawyer.
“May I check your hands now, sir?” she asked.
“Of course,” he replied.
She took his right hand, sniffed it carefully, then briefly licked it.
At that moment, her lawyer began banging his head against the wall.
Delighted at winning $10,000 and embarrassed about how much he had worried, the president asked why the lawyer was behaving so strangely.
The lawyer sighed and said, “I had a bet with her for $100,000. She told me she would be licking the president of the Bank of America’s hand at 9:00 a.m. today.”
