>books of a synagogue. While he was checking the books he turned to the

>Rabbi and said, "I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do with

>the candle drippings?"

>

>"Good question," noted the Rabbi. "We save them up and send them back to

>the candle makers, and every now and then they send us a free box of

>candles."

>

>"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual

>question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way:

>

>"What about all these matzo purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?"

>

>"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, realising that the inspector was trying to

>trap him with an unanswerable question. "We collect them and send them

>back to the manufacturers, and every now and then they send a free box

>of matzo balls."

>

>"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster

>the know-it-all Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi," he went on, "what do you do with

>all the leftover fore skins from the circumcisions you perform?"

>

>"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save up

>all the fore skins and send them to the Tax Office, and about once a year

>they send us a complete d i c k like you."