Nick
09-06-06, 09:11 AM
Once a year, the Internal Revenue sends out an auditor to audit the synagogue's books.
This year, the tax man is a particularly unpleasant little man.
The auditor is doing all the checks, and then turns to the Rabbi and says,"I noticed that
you buy a lot of candles."
"Yes," answered the Rabbi.
"Well, Rabbi, what do you do with the candle drippings?" he asked.
"A good question," noted the Rabbi. "We actually save them up. When we have enough,
we send them back to the candle maker. And every now and then, they send us a free
box of candles."
"Oh," replied the auditor, disappointed that his question actually had a practical answer.
So he thought he'd try another question, in his obnoxious way...
"Rabbi, what about all the matzo balls? What do you do with the crumbs from the matzo?"
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi calmly, "we actually collect up the crumbs and send them in
a box back to the manufacturer and every now and then, they send a box of matzo balls."
"Oh," replied the auditor, thinking hard how to fluster the Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi," he went on,
"what do you do with all the foreskins from the circumcisions? "
"Yes, here too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save the foreskins
from every bris, and when we have enough we send them to the Internal Revenue Service."
"The Internal Revenue Service?," questioned the auditor in disbelief.
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, "The IRS, and about once a year, they send us a prick like you."
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(Posted with a tip o' the editor's green eyeshade to DBSTalk Hall of Famer John Corn who posted a
shorter version of this classic story way back in '02, just days before this writer discovered the site.)
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This year, the tax man is a particularly unpleasant little man.
The auditor is doing all the checks, and then turns to the Rabbi and says,"I noticed that
you buy a lot of candles."
"Yes," answered the Rabbi.
"Well, Rabbi, what do you do with the candle drippings?" he asked.
"A good question," noted the Rabbi. "We actually save them up. When we have enough,
we send them back to the candle maker. And every now and then, they send us a free
box of candles."
"Oh," replied the auditor, disappointed that his question actually had a practical answer.
So he thought he'd try another question, in his obnoxious way...
"Rabbi, what about all the matzo balls? What do you do with the crumbs from the matzo?"
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi calmly, "we actually collect up the crumbs and send them in
a box back to the manufacturer and every now and then, they send a box of matzo balls."
"Oh," replied the auditor, thinking hard how to fluster the Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi," he went on,
"what do you do with all the foreskins from the circumcisions? "
"Yes, here too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save the foreskins
from every bris, and when we have enough we send them to the Internal Revenue Service."
"The Internal Revenue Service?," questioned the auditor in disbelief.
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, "The IRS, and about once a year, they send us a prick like you."
~~~~~~~~~
(Posted with a tip o' the editor's green eyeshade to DBSTalk Hall of Famer John Corn who posted a
shorter version of this classic story way back in '02, just days before this writer discovered the site.)
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