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Sent Wed 9/30/2009 12:33:42 PM

A redneck cowboy from

> Sweetwater , Texas , walked > into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan > officer. He told the > officer that he was going to Paris for an international > redneck festival for two > weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a > depositor of the bank. > The bank officer told him that the bank would need some > form of security for > the loan, so the Redneck handed over the keys to a new > Ferrari. The car was > parked on the street in front of the bank. The Redneck > produced 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.

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> Later, the bank's president and its officers all > enjoyed a good laugh at the > Redneck from the south for using a $250,000 Ferrari as > collateral for a $5,000 > loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into > the bank's private > underground garage and parked it.

> > Two weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid the 85,000

> 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 on Dunn

> & Bradstreet and

> found that you are a highly sophisticated investor and

> multimillionaire with

> real estate and financial interests all over the

> world. Your investments

> include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater,

> Texas . What puzzles

> us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000?"

> The good 'ole Texas boy replied, "Well, son, where
> else in New York City
> can I park my car for two weeks for just $23.07 and expect
> it to be there when
> I return?"