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Sometimes a term rises to fame and we’re helpless to stop it. Thanks to the Yearning for Zion sect having its compound raided outside of Eldorado Texas, polygamy is all the rage. It’s a topic that’s charged with emotion, DNA testing, lawyers, and lots of kids resembling the milkman. But polygamy isn’t the fun-packed lifestyle some believe.

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints apparently figures the more wives the merrier. Guys like lots of women around. They can’t help it. Women, on the other hand, have more common sense, knowing how much trouble just one man can be.

Texas officials are trying to determine those sect kids’ papas. For all we know, it could be a couple of guys, as we’ve not seen many running around. I guess they could be at a “Diapers and You” conference. Guys can’t help it if they’re real good at siring offspring. (more…)

I was so proud! My accountant, who happens to be my wife, came up with this fiendish plan: send in the income tax return but forget the check. I was all for it because, well… I’m sick and tired of the Feds blowing my money. Plus, the IRS associate, processing our return would just say, “Hey, no check.” and go back to playing Free Cell, a game invented by anarchists during the Regan administration.

My wife and I are quite different. She believes you’ll get caught if you ever do something bad. I, on the other hand, am convinced the Apollo moon landings were staged on a Hollywood set. She mailed the check the next day.

Of course most of us are breathing a sigh of relief as this tax season has ended. It’s such a silly business but nothing compared to the Economic Stimulus Plan. (more…)