> I thought to share this folks ( Laugh ) > > > Niaamorkono > > > ----- > > > > A young Jamaican man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for > > the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to Jamaica > > on a vacation for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer > > > > tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so > > > > the Jamaican man hands over the keys to a new BMW 740i. The car is > > parked > > on the street in front of the bank. The Jamaican produces the title and > > everything checks out. The loan officer agrees to accept the car as > > collateral for the loan. > > > > The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the > > Jamaican for using a $80,000 BMW as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An > > > > employee of the bank then drives the BMW into the bank's underground > > garage > > and parks it there. Two weeks later, the Jamaican man returns, repays > > the > > $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. > > > > The loan officer says, "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 and found that you are > > a > > successful business man. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to > > borrow > > $5,000?" The Jamaican replies: "Where else in New York City can I park > > my > > car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I > > return?" > > > > The bank employees watch as he pulls out of the garage, windows down > > and sunroof open. The music was blasting from his car as he pulled away, > > "We run things, things no run we, everything we do, it done properly." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~