This was a busy weekend (with some issues with my tax software and client appointments) so it is time to tell a joke I heard (accounting humor is funny):

I was just out of school and was working at a firm with another accountant during tax season.  This was my first job and after working till eleven in the evening we went to get some food at a burger joint.  The next morning we both had huge stomach distress.  Not getting better the next day, we talked about it.  My buddy went to his doctor; I figured I would save some money and just use my buddy’s diagnosis and not go to the doctor at all.  When he came back, I asked him what the doctor said.  “The doctor said I had indigestion”, he said.  So I took some Tumms and went back to work. 

A couple of days later I hadn’t seen my friend, so I asked our manager where he was.  “Oh he died suddenly the other day”, he said.  I panicked and went to the doctor and paid a thousand dollars (I had no insurance yet) for a bunch of tests.  While waiting for the results, I called my late buddy’s girl friend and told her how sorry I was about his death.  “Did he suffer much?” I asked.  “Not at all, he was hit by a bus and died instantly.”  Now I really felt sick:  the Doctor called and said the tests had come back and that I had indigestion.  (Ba Dum Bum)!

(I actually did just hear this and did not lose a friend to a bus (or indigestion) but it was pretty funny so have a laugh!)

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