10 Hilarious Reasons Given For Wanting A Loan

When most people request a loan to carry out some home renovations or buy a new car, others have more creative reasons for borrowing money. Here are 10 hilarious reasons - surprisingly some were approved!

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“I received a call from a client who demanded a loan so he could buy an airplane. A 747. He was stuck in a storm at Chicago O'Hare Airport and wanted to fly home. He was upset the airline wouldn't fly because it was unsafe - one of the more bizarre calls I've taken.”

“I work in wealth management and a client requested a 'loan' from her trust fund. She was attending college but failing miserably, so she wanted to buy the college and fire all the teachers who were 'plotting against her'! Sadly, that request was denied!”

“A man requested a loan so that he could start his business of ‘home pharmaceuticals sales’ – with two previous convictions for hard drugs. Unsurprisingly, his application was rejected.”

“A customer asked me to schedule him an appointment with a financial advisor at our branch because he was seriously considering taking out a loan to purchase a pet parrot.”

“A man called me up trying to get a loan to build a home for his pet monkeys. He explained that because the monkeys smelt so bad around his living area he wanted them to have their own place.”

“A man came in asking to borrow £200 to fulfil his lifelong ambition, start a clown business. He had an itemised list consisting of a red nose, crazy wig, big shoes and balloons.”

“An elderly woman came in asking for a personal loan so she could buy another fur coat because ‘darling, everything in life is better with fur’. She then pulled out a pocket book full of cards, asking us to check which of them we could withdraw cash from. There must have been 40 cards in that book. As we worked our way through the cards she patiently waited while she stood in her fur coat, in July, in 100+ degree weather.”

“A customer walked in asking for £200. As he was filling out the paperwork I asked him why and he explained his ex had been breaking into his house almost every night, but that he had a plan. As his ex was terrified of snakes, he was going to buy a massive snake and sleep with it until she stopped breaking in. If that didn’t work, he’d release the snake into her flat! With a smug look, he gave me a £5 tip. And off he went to buy his revenge snake.”

“Three guys came in asking for a loan. They wanted to buy lots of fuel, store it and resell it after the price went up. I think they thought they’d be speaking with a man because the charts they brought with them included several bikini clad women! I rejected their loan request.”

“A church applied for a £90K loan. The reason? To buy their pastor a red Tesla with yellow bow for his birthday of course. We gladly approved the request.”