A visitor from Holland was chatting with his American friend 
and was jokingly explaining about the red, white and blue in 
the Netherlands flag. 

"Our flag symbolizes our taxes," he said.  "We get red when 
we talk about them, white when we get our tax bill, and blue 
after we pay them." 

"That's the same with us," the American said, "only we see 
stars, too."