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The IRS and the boat owner
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May 22, 2020 13:20:49   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
dick ranez wrote:
I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" does make a good 'ice breaker'.

At one time, I was a software engineer at a defense contractor. The government had a right to observe formal tests if they wanted to, so one time they hired another company to provide their 'observer'. He used that line as an 'ice breaker' to introduce himself.

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May 22, 2020 14:34:47   #
sailwiz Loc: Santee, CA
 
Very good!

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May 22, 2020 14:35:06   #
sailwiz Loc: Santee, CA
 
Very good!

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May 22, 2020 15:52:55   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 

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May 22, 2020 18:29:16   #
Flying Three Loc: Berthoud, CO
 
Good laugh!

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May 23, 2020 00:59:51   #
Kazjkram
 
Thanks! That was really funny.

BTW I think the Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division would be doing the inspection and not the IRS. But IRS works better than WHD in the joke...who the hell ever heard of the WHD??

Mark Z

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May 23, 2020 01:54:53   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
dick ranez wrote:
I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.


Glad to have you.

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May 23, 2020 05:28:09   #
Abo
 
fantom wrote:
Glad to have you.


Down here if it was the federal government,
I'd invite 'em in for coffee, (or a beer when off duty). If it was the Victorian
state government, I'd be asking the questions
and refreshments would be unlikely.

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May 27, 2020 14:04:36   #
alamomike47 Loc: San Antonio, Texas
 
FrumCA wrote:
The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to his deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him.

IRS AUDITOR: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them".

BOAT OWNER: "Well, there's Clarence, my deckhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1,000 a week plus free room and board.

Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweisers every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also gets to sleep with my wife occasionally".

IRS AUDITOR: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one".

BOAT OWNER: "That would be me. What would you like to know"?
The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't payi... (show quote)


Great humor & much needed!

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