 鲜花( 2253)  鸡蛋( 32)
|
At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to m, d3 S4 a7 N+ Y1 z/ Q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - n9 L0 R0 h) d8 P9 W0 ^' H
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a8 M1 f9 D. i! o$ m I0 A
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 u; P/ [* [ [ little left to be of any use?" , u* p+ [$ i C3 L
( S' D) z- q4 R% p, v& l "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
' D; i! ~6 S6 b3 @- P/ p* N1 H the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
4 l& a: ~+ L; R& P R. R) E* D9 w bandages."
7 r- P8 `! M: f/ z6 j
! v( Y8 D, k( b9 F3 t) L4 R "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
) S" V( M8 s. J1 e8 ~ x question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) F& J5 p1 h7 }: v) X) Y
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
* ^7 o5 d& T& N over after setting a cast on a patient?" / H% K# r, N+ ^' X3 G0 c
# g% ^9 R) n7 b! l+ b
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
1 B2 Q6 p* W7 ~ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ |. t2 m5 n" Z( N9 { o p0 Z
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
) d8 ~) v, [0 S- ?0 _0 Q plaster."
& d3 j9 t5 _ C" l : v* n m5 O" L
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
4 v4 ^% ?! v- N! L5 D the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the : n8 Y/ `8 f# |% H* P" M. ~, p
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
6 Z9 l& D8 @3 u$ A "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 ] s" |) `4 `% u- c r( B' y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
& @, n v' Y2 f7 J; J4 O3 N year they send us a complete dick." |
|