Early Morning Call

"Early Morning Call"

One night at an economy motel, I ordered a 6 a.m.
wake-up call. The next morning, I awoke before 6,
but the phone did not ring until 6:30.

"Good morning," a young man said sheepishly.
"This is your wake-up call."

Annoyed, I let the hotel worker have it. "You were
supposed to call me at 6!: I complained. "What if
I had a million-dollar deal to close this morning,
and your oversight made me miss out on it?"

"Well, sir," the desk clerk quickly replied, "if you
had a million-dollar deal to close, you wouldn't
be staying in this motel!"

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"Stockbroker Audit"

The stockbroker received notice from the IRS
that he was being audited.

He showed up at the appointed time and place
with all his financial records, then sat for what
seemed like hours as the accountant pored over them.

Finally the IRS agent looked up and commented,
"You must have been a tremendous fan of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle."

"Why would you say that?" wondered the broker.

"Because you've made more brilliant deductions
on your last three returns than Sherlock Holmes
made in his entire career."
Received on Thu Nov 8 07:45:59 2007