A little late for Tax Day

But you’ll like it anyway…

The IRS decides to audit Ray & summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ray shows up with his attorney.

The auditor says, “Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle & 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 & I can prove it,” says Ray. “How about a demonstration?”

The auditor thinks for a moment & said, “Okay. Go ahead.”

Ray says, “I’ll bet you a $1,000 that I can bite my own eye.”

The auditor thinks a moment & says, “No way! It’s a bet.”

Ray removes his glass eye & bites it.

The auditor’s jaw drops. Ray says, “Now, I’ll bet you $2,000 that I can bite my other eye.”

Now the auditor can tell Ray isn’t blind, so he takes the bet.

Ray removes his dentures and bites his good eye.

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered & lost 3 grand, with Ray’s attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

“Want to go double or nothing?” Ray asks “I’ll bet you $6,000 that I can stand on one side of your desk & pee into that wastebasket on the other side & never get a drop anywhere in between.”

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully & decides there’s no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Ray stands beside the desk & 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 Ray’s attorney moans & puts his head in his hands.

“Are you okay?” the auditor asks.

“Not really,” says the attorney. “This morning, when Ray told me he’d been summoned for an audit, he bet me $20,000 that he could come in here & piss all over your desk & that you’d be happy about it.”

(From an eamil from my much older sister)

Da*ned George Bush

…and his failed economic policies!

The Dow Jones has passed the 13,000 mark for the first time in history, powered by strong corporate results.

“But Cajun, that’s those big corporations and their fat-cat board members!” If you believe that’s the only people who benefit from this news, you apparently have a logon with MoveOn.Org. AS I’ve stated previously, the success of the stock market is what underpins everything from retirement plans to your personal IRA, mutual funds and many privately-backed retirement programs.

Business, not government, makes America work. Businesses produce. Government absorbs.

Stock market up = good thing!

Story of the Nonconformist Sparrow

Once upon a time, there was a nonconformist sparrow who decided to not fly south for the winter. However, soon the weather had turned so cold that he reluctantly decided to fly south. In a short time, ice began to form on his wings, and he fell to earth nearly frozen solid, landing in a barnyard.

A cow passed by where the sparrow had fallen and crapped on the little bird. The sparrow thought it was the end, but the manure warmed him and defrosted his wings! Warm and happy and able to breath, the sparrow started to sing and flap its wings. Just then, a large cat came by and heard the chirping. The cat cleared away the manure, found the chirping bird, and promptly ate him.

There are three FIVE morals to this story:

  1. Being a non-conformist often leaves you out in the cold.

  2. Failing and crashing is not necessarily the end.

  3. Everyone who gets you in the shit is not necessarily your enemy.

  4. Everyone who gets you out of shit is not necessarily your friend.

  5. And if you’re warm and happy in the shit, don’t make a song and dance about it.