[at-l] And now.......a joke

[kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>]

Joe worked on Wallsreet and had a life going for himself.
Until last March, when in the course of a week, his girl dumped him
and his father died.  Two such events coming so closely together,
jolted Joe and he decided he needed to do_something_different for
a while.  He decided to thruhike.  He quit his job, signed off on his 
lease, sold
and gave away most of his belongings and made one last trip upstate
to his home town to pick up his inheritance....a cherry red, mint '57 Caddie.
The Caddie had been his dad's pride and joy.  It was only used for
Sunday drives and one vacation to Florida.  It had 37000 miles on
it and purred like a kitten.  Joe returned to his apartment to pick up the 
few cartons
of clothes and mementoes, stashed them in the Caddie's trunk and
turned in his key to the landlord.  He drove the Caddie to the main branch
of the Chase Manhatten Bank, cruised for a parking place and then
with a nervous glance over his shoulder, went in and asked to
talk to the loan manager.

He explained what he wanted to do and that he needed a loan of 1000 dollars.
The manager said that since he had no job or apartment and no income
for at least six months, the bank would require collateral.  Joe didn't 
hesitate.
He pulled out the shiny keys to the shiny Caddie and soon he and the loan
officer were on the street, admiring the Caddie.  The deal was struck and
the manager called an assistant to move the Caddie into the banks parking
building and with papers signed, Joe got his 1000 dollars and headed off
to Georgia.
Well six months passed and Joe made it to Maine.  He took a bus to a
train and soon was back in the bank ready to pay off his loan.  Joe gave
an assistant the original 1000 dollars plus the hundred or so dollars of 
interest
and was waiting for the return of the keys to his daddy's Caddie when the
manager who had authorized the loan saw him and pulled him aside.

He said, "Joe, after you left, we ran a credit check on you.  You have 
considerable
assets and a hefty savings account.  Why did you come to us to borrow a
measly 1000 dollars?"

Joe replied "This is New York City.  Do you know of any other way I could
park my Caddie for six months for a hundred bucks?"

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