Auditors are a funny lot. I know this because I had aspired to be one, only to be cut short by my repeated failures in chartered accountancy. Its funny how everyone moans about the dismal infrastructure in our country but no one wants to pay for the taxes but infact will pay the best auditors to minimise their taxes. They will spend on 10 lacs on a car but will think twice to pay Rs.10,000 as tax. Anyways here is a joke on auditors… let me have a go at my friends who went on to become CA’s ;-)

Three auditors who have retired from their professions are sitting in a park enjoying an evening. During the course of discussion they talk about their clients and how well they represented everyone etc…

The first auditor says, “I had a very notable client who ran a bakery business and it was thriving but due to tough economic conditions he started making a loss. Surprisingly one day a fire broke out and his whole business got ruined. But he was well insured and so he got all his money back and now he is living happily”.

The second auditor goes, “Yes even I had a big client who operated a leather business and that too was thriving but due to labour union problems he started making a loss. Surprisingly one day a fire broke out and his whole business got ruined. But he was well insured and so he got all his money back and now he is living happily”.

The third auditor goes, “Mine was a big client who operated a newspaper business, which was thriving but due to rising print costs he started making a loss. But he kept working hard but it was his bad luck and one day lightning struck his building and his whole business lay in shambles. But he was well insured and so he got all his money back and now he is living happily”.

For a few moments there is silence. Then suddenly the first two auditors turn to the third fellow and ask “how did you create lightning?”