THE WORDWRIGHT, Lite

Sometimes it is good to indulge in some silliness instead of the somber and sober news and events of the day to bring us back to the reality that life needs to be filled with some smiles as well as frowns of concern. Cartoonists have plied their trade for centuries and this site of serious articles and essays wants to pause for a laugh or two on the subjects that claim "center stage" for the most part of our lives. These stories may be something you have read in e-mails but in case you have missed one of these, sit back and enjoy a laugh or two. THE WORDWRIGHT

CURTIS & LEROY

Curtis and Leroy saw an ad in the Starkville Daily News in Starkville, MS, and bought a mule for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day. The next morning the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night." Curtis and Leroy replied, "Well, then just give us our money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." They said, "OK then, just bring us the dead mule."

The farmer asked, "What in the world ya'll gonna do with a dead mule?" Curtis said, "We're gonna raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead mule!" Leroy said, "We sure can! Heck, we don't hafta tell nobody he's dead!"

A couple weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy and asked about the dead mule. They said, "We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do." Leroy said, "Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer two dollars apiece and made a profit of $898.00." The farmer said, "My lord, didn't anyone complain?" Curtis said, "The feller who won it was upset. So we gave him his two dollars back."

Curtis and Leroy now work for the government. They're overseeing the Bailout Program.

(For some reason I was wondering if Percy Kilbride and Marjorie Maine changed their names to Curtis & Leroy)

+++++ Some questions and other onerous information:

Did you ever wonder why the IRS calls it Form 1040? It's because for every $50 that you earn, you get $10 and they get $40.

Did you ever notice when you put the two words, "THE" and "IRS" together it spells "THEIRS?"

George Washington never told a lie, but then he never had to file a Form 1040.

Accountants solve problems you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.

The hardest thing to understand: Income Tax.

Isn't it appropriate that the month of the tax begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of "May Day."

And last of all, It's too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy--
driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

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