The IRS suspected a farmer wasn't paying proper wages to his employees and sent an agent to investigate him.
IRS AUDITOR: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them".
FARMER: "Well, there's Clarence, my farmhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $500 a week plus free room and board.
And then there's the Nitwit. He's here every day and does about 90% of the work around here.
He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweisers
every Saturday night.
IRS AUDITOR: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the Nitwit".
FARMER: "Well, that would be me. What would you like to know"?
IRS AUDITOR: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them".
FARMER: "Well, there's Clarence, my farmhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $500 a week plus free room and board.
And then there's the Nitwit. He's here every day and does about 90% of the work around here.
He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweisers
every Saturday night.
IRS AUDITOR: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the Nitwit".
FARMER: "Well, that would be me. What would you like to know"?