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SCL, KC is not only a moderator but a very valuable member to this board. If you don't like what is on this forum, there are lots of other forums out there. Maybe you can find one more to your liking. While I do not care for jokes that refer to breaking God's laws, I can read over them without getting all upset about them. Most of KC's jokes are very humorous and I for one enjoy reading them. Are you so sensitive that you are going to try to censor everything that you don't like? If that is the case, you have a rough life ahead of you.

I have always loved KC's Laugh of the Day. They have gotten me through many a tax appointment. And, as I'm aging fast myself, I loved Catherine's joke where the older person has a response ready (I often think of mine while driving home!). I liked that age and experience triumphed over youth. But, you can always skip the threads labeled Laugh of the Day.

Good response Gene. A thick skin is a valuable asset in the tax business. Anyone who comes here without one can find a valuable opportunity to work on that shortcoming - provided they are teachable.

When will it end? At least weekly the IRS is being publically exposed for some boondoggle or another. How many of us had to prod, cajole, and reassure clients that efile was safer than mail? How many times a tax season do we give the speech to wary clients that what goes to the IRS stays with the IRS, that no other agency in the federal gov't protects their privacy so securely. Well, now we look like fools. On a larger level, I am horrified at how one of the best-run agencies in the entire federal bureacuracy, with the best-trained employees, suddenly fell into such disrepute--targeting people for audits for political reasons (allegedly, with several officials pleading the Fifth), taking expensive junkets, and now releasing taxpayers' sensitive data. I know a lot of IRS agents, and find all of them to be dedicated, learned employees who are committed to upholding the tax code and respecting the taxpayers who pay them. Back when the Nixon administration imposed price controls, they borrowed heavily from the IRS labor pool because they were capable and well-trained in learning and upholding the law. I often defend the agency to my clients, explaining that it is not responsible for the mess of the tax code, it can only do what Congress tells it to do, etc. And now this. I think the fault has two levels. One is the practice of Congress to write social policies into the tax code. The IRS isn't just about collecting federal revenues anymore, but administering the nation's largest antipoverty program (EITC), stimulating housing, getting polluting cars off the road, encouraging business investment, helping people go to college, jointly administering labor and pension law, being burdened with a big chunk of Obamacare, etc. etc. These are political actions more than revenue-collection ones, and I guess the agency eventually had to succomb to politics in its operations. Second, Congress has greatly reduced the agency's budget while expanding its responsibilities. The Taxpayer Advocate herself recently detailed how reduced training funds have greatly impacted the effectiveness of her office. It is time to let the IRS return to its original purpose of collecting revenues, not administering social policies. Their staff should focus on Title 26, nothing else. They've been really good at it in the past and I believe can be so again, There are lots of federal agencies that focus on the poor, education, housing, health care, etc., so let these others do that work. Then the IRS can rebuild its former image as a respected (albeit hated) agency that does what it does well.

ROTFLMAO !!!!!!!!!

Subject: Taking Dad Shopping I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 84). We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colours; green, red, orange and blue. My dad kept staring at him. The teenager would look and find him staring every time. When the teenager had enough, he sarcastically asked: " What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?" Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response; knowing that he would have a good one. And in classic style he did not bat an eye in his response: "Got stoned once and (rude word for had relations with) a peacock. I was just wondering if you were my son"

A man walked out to the street and caught a taxi just going by. He Got into the taxi, and said, "Perfect timing. You're just Like Andrew" Cabbie: "Who?" Passenger: "Andrew Sullivan. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like your coming along when I needed a cab, things happen like that to Andrew Sullivan, every single time." Cabbie: "There are always a few clouds over everybody." Passenger: "Not Andrew Sullivan. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy." Cabbie: "Sounds like he was something really special." Passenger: "There's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Andrew Sullivan, he could do everything right." Cabbie: "Wow. Some guy then." Passenger: "Yep, and he really knew how to treat a woman. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Andrew Sullivan." Cabbie: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?" Passenger: "Well, I never actually met Andrew. He died. I'm married to his damned widow."