- The check is in the mail
Well, today is the day. Tax day. Oh wait, no it isn't. Wait, today is the 16th....wasn't tax day yesterday. nope, it is tomorrow. "Tomorrow, not today....??? How can it be.....? Is Uncle Sam feeling unusually generous this year?"
Nope, it's 'cus the 15th was a Sunday, so it goes to the first following work day. Wait - so wouldn't that be today??? Nope, wrong again you Crazy Donkey...becuase Today is Emancipation Day in Washington DC! "Emanicipation Day? Really....so is it a holiday for all of us....Why let me get my hat, I should be home in bed it would seem...."
Nope, again you are wrong Sturdly Bookworm. It is only a Holiday if you work for the Government in DC. It is a special holiday only for those special souls who people the halls of Congress, who linger with Lobbyists over three-martini lunches, whose hatted-drivered cars will have to sit idle this day as there will be no long ride into the office.
"But wait," you say...."is not Emancipation a thing for National Celebration? Why am I working here today, making tacos at Taco Bell...?"
Because Gertrude you do not live in the right city. You may observe Emancipation, but you must do so at your own leisure. So there. If you think that Emancipation is a big enough deal, you are just going to have to pack it up and move to The District. Districtians are special. They have a better concept on Emancipation than the rest of you do. So you may observe the day quietly and on your own time. But the day is not without its perks; as I noted above the Washington DC'ans did see fit to grant a bit of holiday to the rest of us, much the way Medieval Kings would occasionally grant a tax-free day or let all the criminals out of jail to be rounded up again like a sport the following day. For today, even though it is the 16th, that Income Tax check is not quite due. The date has been extended until tomorrow. The 17th. An unprecedented use of the power of tax-date extension.
Rejoice and be proud. Hail the Emancipation!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Day#Washington.2C_D.C.
Monday, April 16, 2007
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How could you possibly forget Stan Boreson and Nomo? Brakeman Bill, Uncle Jack the Animal Man, and Capt. Puget?
AND of course, he, whom Gertrude dated and whose bookcase Sturdley lived.......the most beloved of them all......Julius Peerpon Patches!
hmmmm....whose photo, taken on The Desire, was seen on J. P's show?,,,,,hmmmm - Superstar!!! :)
OOPS! I mean Ketchican the Animal Man! How soon we forget!...and it's really Julius Pierpont Patches! :) Mayor of the City Dump!
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