"Mr. Blackwing, we notice you have claimed a $50,000 deduction for fraud. Can you please explain that?"
"Yes, reluctantly. I was victimized by two people I met online, who used clever aliases and conned me into believing they had a piece of French toast that resembled the Virgin of Guadalupe. I paid $50,000 for the film rights."
"I see, and what became of the Holy Toast?"
"They accidentally ate it. They said."
"Aha and you can verify this loss of course?"
"Yes here are press clippings and a police report, the contract between myself and the fugitives, bank records verifying the transfer of funds, also an insurance policy on the toast, and the insurer's written refusal to pay for natural dissolution of a perishable item."
"Hrrm...."
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"OK boys here's your cut! What's next year's caper?"
"Next year Flint is taken in for $20,000 by a phony wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
"..."
The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.