Like most clergy I know, I married up; my wife is taller and a much brighter light than I am. Last night she comes home and says: “Did you know the IRS sometimes sends people products instead of checks when they want to?” I said: “I’m sorry-what?”
She then described this story to me. I will not spoil it for you. You really must read–or better yet listen–to it all.
Thanks Kendall. I also enjoyed the music review on All Things Considered about the piece entitled “B-flat”
I freely admit when I heard this last night I swallowed it hook, line & sinker – then was blown away by the total inventiveness of it after the punch line.
My favorite line was: (IRS agent says) “We own the Post Office, so they do what we tell them!”
The story is dated April 1st. Yes, Father Sanderson, that was my favorite line.
Little Diomede is a small, but inhabited island in Alaska and is one of the two Diomede Islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska, US and Siberia, Russia. Its neighboring island Big Diomede, Russia behind the International Date Line is less than 4 km (2.4 miles) away. The Little Diomede natives are allowed to pay their taxes to the Internal Revenue Service in ivory collected from walrus hunts, being the only people in the United States that are allowed to pay taxes with something besides U.S. currency. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ak/state/diomede.html
The most interesting thing to me about the story was that the husband, although a little surprised, thought the air conditioner was not a bad idea (the wife, sensibly disagreed).
By the way, Father, clergy are not the only professional men who marry up…lawyers have been known to do so, as well.
#6. Dear Kevin,
Most men marry up, because … because … , well because let’s face it, we are men!
— Stan
My title is Debt-To-Purchase Ratio Assessor.
The first time I read the article I missed this…the scary thing is, this title is not far from a realistic bureaucratic job title…