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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 404895" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>ITALIAN CAR LOAN </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">An Italian walked into a bank in Newrk City and asked for the loan </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Italy on business </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Italian handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The Italian produced </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">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. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">the Italian for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parked it. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Two weeks later, the Italian 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 and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?" </span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">The Italian replied:</span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"Where else in New York City can I </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">park my car for </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?" </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Ah, the Italians... Bada Bing</span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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