DiT's Bad Joke of the Day
(just getting in on the action)

Patricia Wack, bank teller, was sat in her seat, waiting for the Monday Lunchtime rush. Looking up, she saw a frog sat in front of her.

"Alright," said the frog, "I'd like a loan, please."

"Um," said Patricia, "We don't do loans for frogs I'm afraid."

The frog arranged his face in to a look of abject horror. "You don't do loans for frogs?" he cried "O, the injustice! O, the foul reek of the capitalist machine crushing the enterprising amphibian! O, the woe! O, the..."

Before he could continue, Patricia cut him off.

"Look," she said "I'll have a word with the manager, OK? Just a couple of things, though. Do you have any collateral on which you can offset your loan?"

"Well," sniffed the frog "I've got this..." With a flourish, he produced a tiny Elephant, carved out of exquisite ivory. Confused, Patricia took it, not entirely sure how this could be of any value.

"OK. And, do you have a guarantor, someone who can pay the loan off should you not be able to?"

"Hm." said the frog. "Well, my Dad, if that helps."

"And who's that?"

"Mick Jagger."

"As in, the singer?"

"That's the one."

So Patricia bustled off to the Manager's office. She explained the whole story to him, and asked if she could approve the loan. When the manager said yes, she cried "But why? He's only a frog, his collateral is a carved Elephant! I mean, what is it anyway?", slamming the Elephant down on the table.

The bank manager looked at her coldly. "It's a nic-nac, Patty Wack, give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 11:30, Reply)