businessman in Boston

Forwarded by a friend....

Date:    Tue, 3 Jun 1997 05:29:03 -0400
From:    Gwendolyn E Eckman <trpxzna@CBYNEVF.HZHP.RQH>
Subject: money in Boston

A businessman walks into a bank in Boston and asks for the loan officer.
He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to
borrow $5,000.

The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a
loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a 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 businessman 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 businessman replied: Where else in Boston can I park my car for two
weeks for 15 bucks?