IP: Leveraging your assets (humor)

[Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Forwarded by Mark Laubach, and probably the best one he's ever sent.
Clean, creative, AND funny...


Before going to Europe on business, a man drove his Rolls-Royce to a
 downtown NY City bank and went in to ask for an immediate loan of
 $5,000.  The loan officer, taken aback, requested collateral.  "Well,
 then, here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce", the man said.
 The loan officer promptly had the car driven into the bank's
 underground parking for safe keeping, and gave him
 $5,000.


 Two weeks later, the man walked through the bank's doors, and asked to
 settle up his loan and get his car back.  "That will be $5,000 in
 principal, and $15.40 in interest", the loan officer said.  The man
 wrote out a check and started to walk away.


 "Wait sir", the loan officer said, "while you were gone, I found out
 you are a millionaire.  Why
 in the world would you need to borrow $5,000?"


 The man smiled.  "Where else could I park my Rolls-Royce in Manhattan
 for two weeks and pay only $15.40?"