33 employees at a Virginia accounting firm were seriously injured
today, after handling, and being impaled by, tax forms. The injuries
ranged from shock, scrapes, and bruises, to what doctors at Bethesda
hospital are calling "serious lacerations by paper". One victim, 35
year old Henry Blankenship, said that he "fell to the ground, cowering
from the sheer violence of the attack." The managing partner of the
firm said that the firm will close until, "we can get a handle on what
transpired here today".
Eyewitnesses say that the tax forms were stacked on a desk near the
windows, and once the window was opened, a gust of wind turned the
normally benign pile into a whirlwind of razor-edged fury. "People
where diving under desks and running into each other in attempts to
avoid the office-borne shrapnel."
As the news of this event spread, public outrage boiled over into a call
for state and federal lawmakers and officials to create and enforce
strict tax control laws. Soon, government officials did what they do
best, give in to public pressure. The governor of Virginia with the
head of the IRS by his side stated, "We cannot subject citizens to the
dangers that are now so apparent from paying, filing, and handling
taxes. Next April 17th, paying taxes will be a thing of the past and
we will all live in peace, as we pay tribute to the victims of this
horrible attack."
A member of the media, whose credentials we could not substantiate
after extensive calling of 411, asked how the country could continue
to function if taxation was suspended. The assembled citizenry made
it clear to this so-called reporter that all good change in the
country is a product of passionate, reactionary speculation with no
underlying principle. The self-proclaimed reporter is in stable but
critical condition at Bethesda hospital.