Country Accountant and Cats, Off Topic

[geekgirldany]

Just thought I would share:

Came into the office today and smelled something that I thought was my gas heater leaking. Went to the back of the office and it smelled a little worse. Kept on smelling and called my dad to come by and check on it. He could not find anything wrong with the heater. While he was there he went around to the back of the house and found where cats had got into the basement. Old house... some holes they can get into. How did he know cats had been in there.. well the cats spent the night and used my basement as a toilet I'll leave the rest to the imagination.

On another note I had a customer say she bragged to her friends about how her "country accountant" got her out of a mess with the IRS. How all the other "bigger" firms did not have the correct forms or information to help her with the IRS. But the "country accountant" did. I was also called "my little sweet country accountant".

[BHoffman]

Cat pee does smell awful.

I came home one day and put on a pot of water to boil. Terrible smell started coming from that burner. I removed the pot and saw that my cat had peed into the burner. Burning cat pee is undescribably bad. Noticed cat food dish was empty. Had short discussion with cat regarding toilet habits. Apologized about letting the dish get empty.

Few weeks later, noticed cat had peed in the burning again. Again noticed cat food dish was empty. Cat was obviously protesting. Had longer discussion with cat and purchased burner covers. Did not apologize, but did request more tolerance on his part.

Few weeks later, noticed burner covers had been kicked aside and cat had again peed into the stove. Gentle husband picked cat up to show him the pee and admonish him with a No-No Bad Kitty. Enraged, I charged at cat in husband's arms swinging a flyswatter. Whack, whack, whack! Cat had wisely leapt from husband's grasp when he saw me coming. Whacks landed on husband, who vowed then and there to never pee into the stove.

I'm not a cat whacker by nature and have never actually connected, but the cat did finally get the message that leaving pee-mail in the stove to let me know he was displeased over an empty food dish was unacceptable.

[Jesse]

I'm glad I have a dog!

[Larmil]

Two parakeets -

I'm glad I have a dog!

Noisy and messy, but confined!

[geekgirldany]

Whacks landed on husband, who vowed then and there to never pee into the stove.

LOL now that was pretty good. My cat has been pretty good so far. But as he gets older he gets meaner. Today he burnt his tail in the gas heater. Just the fur but that smelled.

My dad told me to cover the hole up into the basement last year but there was a cat that had her kittens there and I wanted them to have a place to stay. Obviously they must have remembered that and came back to stay since it was so cold. Hole is now covered up.

A couple of years ago a opossum/possum (however you spell it) decided my basement was a good place to go and die. Came to the office and smelled something awful... really bad. Called good old dad and he found a possum the size of a dog... nearly... dead on the steps into the basement. Now that really smelled worse than this.

[taxxcpa]

Possums

Possums like cat food. We used to have two cats and put cat food on the deck. A possum discovered it and began dining there every night. We called him Pete the Possum.

[geekgirldany]

Yeah they sure do. We use to have two cats outside and put their food on the deck. One night I went out to fill it up and saw something moving out of the corner of my eye. There was a possum hanging upside down by its tail on the railing. I ran back inside. Saw it a few more times and then he went away when the cats did.

[Bees Knees]

Has anyone lost their cat?

[BHoffman]

Omg Is That Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Corduroy Frog]

Plowboy Image

On another note I had a customer say she bragged to her friends about how her "country accountant" got her out of a mess with the IRS. How all the other "bigger" firms did not have the correct forms or information to help her with the IRS. But the "country accountant" did. I was also called "my little sweet country accountant".

I travel to at least half of my customers, for a variety of reasons - most notably they have retrievable records at their place - farms, rental properties, small businesses, etc.

Whereas no one refers to me as their "sweet country accountant" much of my clientele are quite at home with someone they think more of as a plowboy than a tax man. Most of you don't know me, but I am quite large (doctor confirms too large, really). One of them took a picture of me walking up pressing the doorbell with a briefcase. They captioned this as "Uncle Buck" after the John Candy movie.

This Uncle Buck thing has stuck. More and more clients are using it. I also drive a 1993 model Buick LeSabre.

Image is important. I believe there are people who would have more confidence in me if I rented a plush office and doubled my hourly rate to pay for it. Coat and tie, business cards, late model car, the whole works. But this stuff sells your service and impresses customers. It's bad enough that I have to pay for two seminars every year and spend gobs of unbillable time tending to this and related requirements.

[taxxcpa]

Sweet country accountant

I was also called "my little sweet country accountant".

No one ever called me that. I'm an ol' country boy that now lives in the city, but I still drive an old pick-up truck.

[Ricardo]

Preparers' pets

These stories are hilarious! What a great way to start our season!

Thanx - Ricardo

[BP.]

. . . cat had again peed into the stove.

Elderly neighbors called today to ask if I could go check their kitchen. They went out and left the stove on . . . and they don't even have a cat!

Love the thread!

[PIGLEE]

Wait until you have a skunked dog, and a skunk trying to live under your home. By the way did you know the best way to remove skunk, or any animal smell, is to use Massengell douse powder with water. I used in once in a carpet shampoo machine, and it worked great. It was a rental and they had two many cats.

[BHoffman]

Wait until you have a skunked dog, and a skunk trying to live under your home. By the way did you know the best way to remove skunk, or any animal smell, is to use Massengell douse powder with water. I used in once in a carpet shampoo machine, and it worked great. It was a rental and they had two many cats.

ROTFLMA!!!! Ahem, ahem...Well, Piglee, have to remember that if the ol' nether region ever gets skunked.