Theos-Talk Archives (July 1997 Message tl00573)

At 09:24 PM 7/31/97 -0400, you wrote:
>"A. Safron" <safron@concentric.net> wrote:
>
>   d) For people paying bills (monthly activity) or working on income
>	taxes or Christmas cards (annual activity), keep in mind the aim
>	-- to hamper! First, sit on the paper being worked on.  When
>	dislodged, watch sadly from the side of the table.  When activity
>	proceeds nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to the
>	best of your ability.  After being removed for the second time,
>	push pens, pencils, and erasers off the table, one at a time.

        A friend of mine was working on the taxes and was in the middle of
some additions on an adding machine and the door bell rang. She went to the
door and after taking care of the caller, came back and continued the
ten-key work and finished the tax return. Lo and behold, couple of months
later she got a big bill from IRS. When she went over her work sheets, she
realized her kitty jumped onthe adding machine and hit some keys which ended
up inflating her income figures which in turn messed up her tax return.

..........doss