"Uh oh, have you guys completed your income tax?" 📝⁠ ⁠ Commander Jim Lovell, laughing, followed that up with: "How do I apply for an extension?" ⁠ Mission Control burst into laughter. Jack Swigert replied: "It ain't too funny; things kind of happened real fast down there, and I do need an extension." And, again, he was met with raucous laughter. ⁠ Swigert tried again to explain his position: "I didn't get mine filed. And this is serious; would you?" But Mission Control was still reeling, "You're breaking up the room down here."⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ The teasing went on a bit longer (and started to get more creative). The crew was, at this point, still planning on landing on the moon, so, in jokingly suggesting that Swigert's misstep could interfere with the mission, someone chimed in to ask, "Is it true that Jack's income tax return was going to be used to buy the ascent fuel for the [lunar module]?" ⁠ ⁠ Despite the ribbing, Mission Control assured Swigert that they would help him get his taxes...