servodude wrote:CliffEdge wrote:pje16 wrote:I always thought that meant there was no charge for withdrawing cash
some places do charge for that
It is up to you to know how much you have in the bank... surely
Usually you can find out your balance from the machine.
...if that machine involves strain gauges and you perturb the users calf muscles in a known way; but enough of that former life !
I heard a related joke from Jimmy Cricket once at a wedding
"I asked the girl at the bank to check my balance"
"So she gave a shove!"
"No..no.. I said.... I'm worried about the overdraft"
"So she shut the door behind me."
Now even if you don't imagine the pauses for comic effect between those utterances - it's honestly funnier written here than it was at the time
-sd
And given the earlier mention of Viz, here's my fave from them:
"Speed humps" are a misnomer if ever I heard one. If anything, they slow the traffic down.