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December 09, 2002
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I think the terror most people are concerned with is the IRS1.
- Malcolm Forbes, when asked if he was afraid of terrorism


1 = for non-US readers, IRS is the Infernal Internal Revenue Service, the United States' theft enforcement arm

Comments

The IRS also has a somewhat funny side, probably an unintentional one.

I recently received a 3-paged letter from the IRS. It was single-spaced. And obviously generated by a computer with minimal human input.

Translating the governmentspeak into English took me near to half a day! But, I think I know what the letter was trying to tell me.


Posted by John J. Coupal at December 10, 2002 02:13 PM