Chuckle 1049

Chuckle 1049
(Phyllis H of Carpinteria CA just back from Alaska gets today's chuckle thanks!)


~IRS~ (2nd time around)
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

Father O'Malley answered the phone.

"Hello, is this Father O'Malley?"

"It is."

"This is the IRS. Can you help us?"

"I can."

"Do you know a Ted Houlihan?"

"I do."

"Is he a member of your congregation?"

"He is."

"Did he donate $10,000 to the church?"

"He will." ***

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• Today in history
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Word of the Day for Monday May 22, 2006
incontrovertible \in-kon-truh-VUR-tuh-buhl\, adjective:Too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable; unquestionable.

It is in the nature of philosophical questions that they do not have final, incontrovertible answers, or, more exactly, that every answer raises new questions.-- George Soros, Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism

And although the evidence was substantial, it was not incontrovertible.-- Al Strachan, "Phantom Goal, part 2", Toronto Sun, May 23, 1999

Despite speculation based on ancient tales and ancient art, no incontrovertible evidence has been discovered of polio's existence before the nineteenth century, at least not in its epidemic form.-- Sherwin B. Nuland, "A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors", New Republic, October 16, 1995
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