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Taxman dies unnoticed at desk (NOT the FReeper)
news.com.au ^
| 20Jan04
| correspondents in Helsinki
Posted on 01/19/2004 6:07:41 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Taxman dies unnoticed at desk From correspondents in Helsinki 20Jan04
THEY say only two things are sure in life, death and taxes, but rarely do they come together as in the case of the Finnish taxman who last week died at his desk and went unnoticed for two days.
The 60-year-old auditor died last Tuesday, but it took his colleagues until Thursday to notice that he wasn't just silently poring over tax returns, tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported Monday. Officials declined to comment on the cause of death or confirm the age of the man, saying they would only comment on how it was possible that he could be dead for two days at work without anybody noticing.
"The reason for this was caused by many coincidences," Anita Wickstroem, director at the Helsinki tax office, told AFP.
"He was very much working alone and often visiting companies, while his friends and colleagues who used to have lunch or coffee with him were busy in meetings or outside the office at the time," she noted.
There are some 30 workers in the auditing department where he worked, and a total of 100 on the same floor, Wickstroem said.
Finns, who enjoy a comprehensive welfare system, pay among the highest taxes in the world.
This report appears on NEWS.com.au.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: taxed2death
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Another one? There was a story like this about half a year ago IIRC.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:10:49 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: BenLurkin
Yes, this story sounds very familiar.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
He's Finnished, all right.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:13:23 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Caught you looking.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Whoa.... unreal..this thread's gonna get big if the caucus thread doesn't hide it.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:13:57 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Urban legend, folks.
Urban legend, recycled to Finland. Variations of this story have been around for years.
To: martin_fierro
Did they Polish him first?
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:18:15 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: GummyIII; pistol packin' mama; BARLF; Jackie-O; Devil_Anse; Humidston; Howlin; cyncooper; ...
Make sure that when you say "good morning" to your colleagues, they answer back!
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:18:45 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: martin_fierro
"He's Finnished, all right."
- I wondered who'd be the first to make that quip. Last year, it'd have been a shootout between you and TrappedInLiberalHell... ;-)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Are you sure this isn't an excerpt from "Dilbert"?
Sad if it's true.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:20:57 PM PST
by
fly_so_free
(Never underestimate the treachery of the democrat party-Save USA-Vote a Democrat out of office)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Urban folklore, it was spotlighted on Discovery Channel last month.
Note, there is NO actual evidence, no names, no dates, no specifics.
Guy probably lost his poodle in the microwave too...
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:22:41 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(How could you believe me when I told you that I love you when you know I've been a liar all my life?)
To: KangarooJacqui
I'll have you know that I hold an M.A. in The Obvious.
<|:)~
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:23:00 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Caught you looking.)
To: catonsville
To: fly_so_free
I provided a link to the story.
Of course it is a newspaper.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:23:33 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(A little knowledge is dangerous.-- I live dangerously::))
To: martin_fierro
OK, that pun was so bad, it came full-circle to actually being funny. LOL :-)
And may they all suffer the same fate.
To: martin_fierro
Never underestimate your audience, I say. Jay Leno makes a pretty good living, I understand... ;-P
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:25:05 PM PST
by
KangarooJacqui
(About as likely as a Flying Kangaroo...)
To: Central Scrutiniser
"The reason for this was caused by many coincidences," Anita Wickstroem, director at the Helsinki tax office, told AFP
One name.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:28:13 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(A little knowledge is dangerous.-- I live dangerously::))
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
The headline made my heart skip a beat...........There is a freeper taxman, I believe.
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:30:50 PM PST
by
BARLF
To: BARLF
Actually I thought the same thing, for a second or two - then I saw the dateline and thought, "Naaah. Couldn't be."
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posted on
01/19/2004 6:35:08 PM PST
by
KangarooJacqui
(About as likely as a Flying Kangaroo...)
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