Re: ATM (Whack Test)Plate mirror warnings

[Guy Brandenburg <gfbranden@earthlink.net>]

Reminds me about the story about bank loan officer Patricia Whack and
the frog.

A frog came into a bank, waited in line, and finally jumped up onto the
teller's counter and croaked, "I want to borrow some money." 

The teller, surprised (naturally), said, "Well, you have to go and speak
to the loan officer, and the one here right now is Ms. Patricia Whack.
She's over there in that part of the bank; go talk to her." 

The frog thanked the teller for the information, and hopped over to the
loan officer's desk. The frog said, "I want to borrow some money." 

Ms. Whack said, surprised, "Well, this is very unusual, we have never
had a talking toad ask for a loan before." The frog said, "I'm not a
toad, I'm a frog, and I really need to borrow some money." The loan
officer replied, "Sorry, I can't tell the difference. But you must have
some collateral, like a house or a car or something, to guarantee the
loan in case you are not able to pay the interest or the principal."

The frog said, "OK, sure. Here it is." And pulled out a really ugly
little crystal statuette looking something like a penguin, with a little
tiny cucoo clock set in its belly and a sombrero hat; he put it on her
desk without saying a word.

Ms. Whack looked at the little crystal statue, and murmured something
about needing to speak to one of the vice presidents of the bank. So she
called up one of the vice presidents on her interoffice phone, and asked
him to come to her desk and give her some advice.

When he got there, she said, "Mr. Berendzen, this is very unusual. We
have a talking frog here, and he wants to borrow some money. I asked him
about collateral, and he puts this thing here on my desk -- I don't even
know what it is ... What should I do?"

Mr. Berendzen looked at the little statuette, looked at the frog, looked
at the loan officer, and thought for a bit, frowning. Then his face lit
up, and he said,



"It's a knick-knack, Patty Whack! Give the frog a loan."



> "Day, Jack" wrote:
> Ok, I can't resist.  Why whack your own mirror at all?  Just talk you
> most gullible buddy into letting you whack his mirror.  All in the
> name of science of course. Or buy a mirror, whack it, and if the
> figure changes send it back as defective!
> Did I just say that..... I take it back,  Go with John's advice.  Just
> say no to whack.
> Jack


Sorry, OT, couldn't resist the shaggy frog story.
Guy