IT'S TAX TIME AT THE LIBRARY

Minister of War: Gentlemen. Gentlemen. Enough of this. How about taking up the tax?

Firefly: How about taking up the carpet?

Minister of War: I still insist we must take up the tax.

Firefly: He's right. You've got to take up the tacks before you can take up the carpet.

--From the Marx Brothers, "Duck Soup"