This story about the IRS building being shut down reminds me of a guy that I went to high school with. To protect his identity, I’ll just call him Steve; as in Steve Jones.

Back in the day Steve bought a used pick up truck from the local Ford dealer. It was a real P.O.S. but it was his as long as he dropped the payment off every month at the dealership. A few months after Steve bought his truck the dealership folded for what amounted to lack of interest.

Steve was doing back flips with excitement. He figured that because the dealership was closed, and that was where he made his payments, that the truck was now his free and clear. What the boy didn’t understand was that Ford Motor Credit Company had financed his truck – not the dealership. The dealership was just taking the payments and sending them in for him. A pretty common thing 20 plus years ago in small towns.

Five months (and no payments later) when the tow truck showed up at Steve’s house and took his truck he was stunned. How many people out there are thinking (or at least hoping) the same thing about the IRS? Because we all know idiots that are hoping that the floods keep the IRS from collecting all those back taxes.

Other idiots in the news:

• Teenagers now rule the Internet. – MySpace.com is officially the most trafficked site in the world. That’s pretty telling commentary on the state of the world.
  
  
• Never let your ex get the house. – At least that’s how one guy looked at it. I can relate to the emotion and more power to him for at least giving it a try.
  
  
• Genetics can pay. – If you are dumb enough to think that Nike and Michael Jordon are going to pay you for a vague resemblance.