The Audit
A bright, young, fresh-out-of-school auditor just joined Revenue Canada.
Excited to begin tracking down serious offenders and anxious for his first
high-powered audit, he was a bit dismayed when his assignment was to audit
a Rabbi.
Looking over the Rabbi's books, his taxes were pretty straight forward, and
he clearly was 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 send them to Revenue
Canada."
"Revenue Canada?," questioned the auditor in disbelief.
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, "Revenue Canada, and about once a year, they
send us a little prick, just like you.
A bright, young, fresh-out-of-school auditor just joined Revenue Canada.
Excited to begin tracking down serious offenders and anxious for his first
high-powered audit, he was a bit dismayed when his assignment was to audit
a Rabbi.
Looking over the Rabbi's books, his taxes were pretty straight forward, and
he clearly was 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 send them to Revenue
Canada."
"Revenue Canada?," questioned the auditor in disbelief.
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, "Revenue Canada, and about once a year, they
send us a little prick, just like you.
