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On this MeFi discussion of TV 411 , described as Sesame Street for Grown-ups , one poster suggests:

“Hey, Bert! How come you’re filing as head-of-household, and I have to file as single?”

“Well, you see, Ernie, I’ve got all these pigeons as dependents, and you’ve just got the one rubber duckie. It only makes economic sense to aggregate our household income to my return and offset all my deductions there, which generates the lowest tax possible. You are still able to take a standard deduction for a single individual, which exceeds the deductions you would otherwise have on account of the duckie.”

“Gee, Bert! You’re smart!”

…to which another adds “Because until we move to Canada we can’t file as a married couple, Ernie.”