A young ventriloquist is
touring Norway and puts on a show in a small fishing town. With his dummy on
his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes.
Suddenly, a blonde woman in the fourth row stands on her
chair and starts shouting, 'I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What
makes you think you can stereotype Norwegian blonde women that way? What does
the colour of a woman's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It is
men like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the
community and from reaching our full potential as people. It is people like you
that make others think that all blondes are dumb. You and your kind continue to
perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes but women in general,
pathetically all in the name of humour!'
The embarrassed ventriloquist begins to apologize and the
blonde interrupts yelling, 'You stay out of this. I'm talking to that little
shit on your lap!'
I was reading this article the other day and it said, the
perfect way to spice up your love life is to make love in a car wash.
Let me tell you guys from experience - no, it is not!
It's also the perfect way to ruin a church fundraiser!
During his physical, the doctor asked the patient about his
daily activity level.
He described a typical day this way: 'Well, yesterday
afternoon, I waded along the edge of a lake, drank eight cans of beers, escaped
from wild dogs in the heavy brush, jumped away from an aggressive rattlesnake,
marched up and down several rocky hills, stood in a patch of poison ivy,
crawled out of quicksand and took four leaks behind the big trees.'
Inspired by the story, the doctor said, 'You must be one hell
of an outdoors man!'
'NAH,' he replied, 'I'm just a shitty
golfer!'
People don't like to look dumpy in their own photos, which is
why a local professional photographer gets a lot of requests asking him to
retouch photos. You know, erase the crow's-feet, lop off the 'love handles' -
that sort of thing.
Therefore, he wasn't surprised when one woman, pointing to a
family portrait, asked him, "Can you take thirty pounds off me?" then
she added, "and put it on my sister!"
I was really angry at my friend Mark for
stealing my dictionary!
I said, “Mark, my words!”
Sam had proposed to young Lisa and was being interviewed by
his prospective father-in-law.
"Do you think you are earning enough to
support a family?" the older man asked the suitor.
"Yes, sir," replied Sam, "I am."
"Well," said Lisa's father, "Think carefully
now. There are six of us!"
Q: Why are men like computers?
A: As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you'd
waited a little longer you could have gotten a better model!
Note: Sometimes a story comes along that needs no polishing or enhancement to make it better. This is one of those. It is a real letter submitted to the IRS in the midst of 1995 which is weird and bizarre denial of dependents, exemptions and credits. The letter speaks for itself.
Sirs:
I am responding to your letter denying the deduction for two
of the three dependents which I claimed on my 1994 Federal Tax return. Thank
you!
I have questioned whether or not these are my children for
years. They are evil and expensive. It's only fair that, since they are minors
and no longer my responsibility, the government should know something about
them and what to expect over the next year. Please do not try to reassign them
to me next year and reinstate the deduction. They are yours!
The oldest, Kristen, is now 17. She is brilliant. Ask her! I
suggest you put her to work in your office where she can answer people's
questions about their returns. While she has no formal training, it has not
seemed to hamper her mastery of any subject you can name. Taxes should be a
breeze. Next year she is going to college. I think it's wonderful that you will
now be responsible for that little expense. While you mull that over, keep in
mind that she has a truck. It doesn't run at the moment, so you have the choice
of appropriating some Department of Defense funds to fix the vehicle or getting
up early to drive her to school. Kristen also has a boyfriend. Oh joy! While
she possesses all of the wisdom of the universe, her alleged mother and I have
felt it best to occasionally remind her of the virtues of abstinence or in the
face of overwhelming passion, safe sex. This is always uncomfortable and I am
quite relieved you will be handling this in the future. May I suggest that you
reinstate Dr. Jocelyn Elders who had a rather good handle on the problem.
Patrick is 14. I've had my suspicions about this one. His eyes
are a little closer together than those of normal people. He may be a tax
examiner himself one day, if he is not incarcerated first. In February, I was
awakened at three in the morning by a police officer who was bringing Pat home.
He and his friends were TP'ing houses. In the future, would you like him
delivered to the local IRS office, or to Ogden, UT? Kids at 14 will do almost
anything on a dare. His hair is purple. Permanent dye, temporary dye, what's
the big deal? Learn to deal with it. You'll have plenty of time as he is
sitting out a few days of school after instigating a food fight in the
cafeteria. I'll take care of filing your phone number with the vice-principal.
Oh yes, he and all of his friends have raging hormones. This is the house of testosterone
and it will be much more peaceful when he lives in your home. DO NOT leave him
or his friends unsupervised with girls, explosives, inflammables, inflatables,
vehicles, or telephones. (They find telephones a source of unimaginable
amusement. Be sure to lock out the 900 number!)
Heather is an alien. She slid through a time warp and
appeared as if by magic one year. I'm sure this one is yours. She is 10 going
on 21. She came from a bad trip in the sixties. She wears tie-dyed clothes,
beads, sandals, and hair that looks like Tiny Tim's. Fortunately, you will be
raising my taxes to help offset the pinch of her remedial reading courses.
"Hooked on Phonics" is expensive, so the schools dropped it. But
here's the good news! You can buy it yourself for half the amount of the
deduction that you are denying me! It's quite obvious that we were terrible
parents (ask the other two). She cannot speak English. Most people under twenty
understand the curious patois she fashioned out of valley girls/boys in the hood/reggae/yuppie/political
double speak. The school sends her to a speech pathologist who has her roll her
"r's". It added a refreshing Mexican/Irish touch to her voice. She
wears hats backwards, baggy pants, and wants one of her ears pierced four more
times. There is a fascination with tattoos that worries me but I am sure that
you can handle it. Bring a truck when you come to get her, she sorts of
"nests" in her room and I think that it would be easier to move the
entire thing than find out what it is really made of.
You denied two of the three exemptions, so it is only fair
that you get to pick which two you will take. I prefer that you take the
youngest two, I will still go bankrupt with Kristen's college but then I am
free! If you take the two oldest, then I still have time for counseling before
Heather becomes a teenager. If you take the two girls, then I won't feel so bad
about putting Patrick in a military academy. Please let me know of your
decision as soon as possible, as I have already increased the withholding on my
W-4 to cover the $395 in additional tax and made a down payment on an airplane.
Yours truly,
Bob.
(Note: The IRS allowed the deductions and reinstated his refund.)
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