Friday, January 30, 2009

Who needs a laugh?

It's obviously been a week around here.  So to celebrate, in addition to my foreign massage therapist, hourly daquiris and pounds of M&Ms, I thought I'd share a little joke.  Since most of us are wrapping up a week of watching the mail for W2s and "Important tax documents enclosed" envelopes, I give you Grandpa and the IRS Audit.


The IRS decides to audit Grandpa, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney.

The auditor said, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, Which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."

"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Grandpa. "How about a demonstration?"

The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead." 

Grandpa says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."

The auditor thinks a moment and says, "It's a bet."

Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it. 

The auditor's jaw drops. 

Grandpa says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."

Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn't blind, so he takes the bet. 

Grandpa removes his dentures and bites his good eye. 

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Grandpa's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.
 
"Want to go double or nothing?" Grandpa asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this old guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again.
 
Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major Loss into a huge win.

But Grandpa's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands. 

"Are you okay?" the auditor asks. 

"Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Grandpa told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it."

7 comments:

Unknown said...

I've heard that before, but it's always fun to hear someone getting the best of the IRS and lawyers all in one. : )

Kelsey said...

you actually opened one of mom's forwards? ha ha

Hollie Wood said...

That was GREAT!! I'll be forwarding that one on!! :)

Mark2 said...

Thanks for the laugh, Catey. :)

Ruth Done said...

I'm so sorry about Charli. I hope she is feeling better, and that you can get some sleep too!

Big Daddy said...

Yes death to auditors and attorneys.

~LL~ said...

I am laughing out loud. That was great!!!! I'll be using it!