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Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > 
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