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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: sauropod; dixie sass; hellinahandcart
Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!
Besides, when I go out, it will be in a blaze of glory, not stuffed behind a desk!
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posted on
01/19/2004 8:33:06 PM PST
by
Taxman
To: hellinahandcart
Aw, shucks. Thankee, Ma'am. Glad someone is looking out for me.
42
posted on
01/19/2004 8:34:08 PM PST
by
Taxman
To: kevkrom
Yup. 'Tweren't me. an "Urban Legend" Taxman. Last I checked, I am not an "Urban Legend."
I are the Real Thang!
43
posted on
01/19/2004 8:36:29 PM PST
by
Taxman
To: Taxman
Okayyyyyyyyyyyy!
44
posted on
01/19/2004 9:03:30 PM PST
by
dixie sass
(Meow, pfft, pfft, pfft - (hmmmm, claws needed sharpening))
To: dixie sass; Taxman
Heh...
45
posted on
01/19/2004 9:21:36 PM PST
by
Syncro
To: Taxman
Maybe the phrase "a legend in your own lunchtime" (from the Australian vernacular) would fit better here ;-) ... anyway, I'm glad you're still with us.
To: Taxman
Gee! For a minute there I thought I'd missed out on the steak dinner you owe me. Glad to read you are okay.
47
posted on
01/20/2004 2:26:56 AM PST
by
Iowa Granny
(Impersonating June Cleaver since 1967)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
...and 9 minutes, 16 seconds later, fact-checking FReepers have it pegged as an urban legend. The pros at News.com, on the other hand, have yet to realize their mistake and have not yanked this bit of mythology. Score another one for the rank amateurs!
48
posted on
01/20/2004 2:34:59 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(Cat: The other white meat.)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
LOL, now you've got me wondering what would happen if our dear insider troll died in its cubicle. Would anyone notice at first?
To: BARLF
Oh my you are right..I'm so sorry about that. It didn't dawn on me that he could mistaken for our taxman. :(
50
posted on
01/20/2004 8:44:27 AM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: Devil_Anse
I think of our troll as some drooling evil lib, with Dirty Underwear (that's what another freeper calls those from the DU site), sitting in front of the puter for hours..plotting, scheming, planning and writing for hours and hours. :)
51
posted on
01/20/2004 8:46:37 AM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: Iowa Granny
No such luck!
Glad we are now at steak instead of hamburger.
Will we see you at CPAC?
FReegards
52
posted on
01/20/2004 10:23:49 AM PST
by
Taxman
To: KangarooJacqui
LOL!
My fifteen minutes (I don't get a lunch hour) of fame?
I, too, am pleased that I'm still with you.
53
posted on
01/20/2004 10:25:42 AM PST
by
Taxman
To: Syncro
Laugh while you can, dude!
Will we see you at CPAC?
54
posted on
01/20/2004 10:26:24 AM PST
by
Taxman
To: dixie sass
Thass Right!
55
posted on
01/20/2004 10:26:58 AM PST
by
Taxman
To: Redcloak
Score another one for the rank amateurs! I resemble that remark. I shower once a week whether I need it or not.
56
posted on
01/20/2004 10:28:07 AM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(The Pats will kill the winner anyway.)
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