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By *olgateMan
over a year ago
on the road to nowhere in particular |
At the end of the tax
year, the Tax Office sent an inspector to audit the books of a
synagogue. While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and
said: "I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do with the candle
drippings?"
"Good question", noted the
Rabbi. "We save them up and send them back to the candle makers, and
every now and then they send us a free box of candles."
"Oh", replied the auditor, somewhat
disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he
went, in his obnoxious way: "What about all these biscuit purchases?
What do you do with the crumbs?"
"Ah, yes",
replied the Rabbi, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him
with an unanswerable question. "We collect them and send them back to
the manufacturers, and every now and then they send a free box of holy
biscuits."
"I see!" replied the auditor,
thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi. "Well,
Rabbi", he went on, "What do you do with all the leftover foreskins from
the circumcisions
you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste",
answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save up all the foreskins and send
them to the Tax Office, and about once a year they send us a complete
prick." |
