Guest guest Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 A bright, young, fresh-out-of-school auditor just joined the IRS. He was excited to begin tracking down high-powered offenders - like the Enron or WorldCom guys. Anxious for his first high-powered audit, he was a bit dismayed when his assignment was to audit a Rabbi. Looking over the books and taxes were pretty straight forward, and the Rabbi clearly very frugal, so he thought he'd make his day interesting by having a little fun with the Rabbi. " Rabbi, " he said, " 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 and 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 somewhat disappointed that his unusual question actually had a practical answer. So he thought he'd go on, in his obnoxious way... " Rabbi, what about all these matzo purchases? What do you do with the crumbs from the matzo? " " Ah, yes, " replied the Rabbi calmly, " we actually collect up all the crumbs from the matzo and when we have enough, we 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 up all the foreskins, and when we have enough we actually send them to the I.R.S. " " The I.R.S.?, " questioned the auditor in disbelief. " Ahh, yes, " replied the Rabbi, " the I.R.S. " ... and about once a year, they send us a little prick like you. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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