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Inland Revenue and the Jew
The Inland Revenue sent an
auditor to a synagogue. As the auditor reviews all the
paperwork, he turns to the Rabbi and says, "I noticed that
you buy a lot of candles."
"Yes, we do," responded 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. "Rabbi,
what about all these matzo purchases? What do you do with
all 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 us a box of matzo balls."
"Oh," replied the auditor, thinking hard how he could
fluster the rabbi.
"Well, Rabbi," he continued, "what do you do with all the
foreskins from the circumcisions?"
"Yes, here too, we do not waste." The rabbi answered. What
we do is save up all the foreskins, and when we have enough
we actually send them to the Inland Revenue."
"Inland Revenue?" questioned the auditor in disbelief.
"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, "Inland Revenue. And about
once a year, they send us a little prick like you."
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