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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: traditional values - offensive to Extremists of any sort
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 13:00:50 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 13:00:50 1986
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In article <793@decwrl.DEC.COM> dyer@dec-vaxuum.UUCP writes:
>	Woolley defended his joke by claiming that the humor lies
>in the realization that the woman is a prostitute.  I doubt it.
>Consider the following joke:
>
>    IRS Auditor:  I'm sorry, but you can't deduct your
>      bed as a business expense.
>    Woman:  You can when you're in my line of work.
>
>Even though we can gather from this joke that the woman is a
>prostitute, it's not funny.

I think Jym's joke is just as funny as the comics that portray people
claiming pets as dependents.  It raises the question - can the IRS deny
business expenses in areas where prostitution is legal?  

    IRS Auditor: I'm sorry, but you can't deduct your
      bed as a business expense.
    Woman (or Man): You can in this city.


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