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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
+ ^3 ]% W \3 [7 v% x audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 r/ y7 a- l } books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
' `4 q% I+ z/ K( a4 P. a2 T" N lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too * ?* N2 M* T5 x
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ) [ q. u7 v, \
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 _6 D% q1 G. b8 o bandages." ( f$ I% d3 ]1 ?/ c, z1 K0 |
3 ?5 N6 d: m. j* g1 [ h$ [4 {: | "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 A2 o& W, g5 J [9 I8 F7 [/ i question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
( t2 A! s9 I% L) y3 N) \# `; u "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
, F& {: H5 ]6 t% K1 | over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 n; W) k: @8 w/ S3 ^& _9 J1 k) K( K
0 U; a3 p- B% u( e4 s "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to . R9 ~. j# ?% b- {1 |
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- c& _$ J) H3 b7 Q- b" L the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 U* N: R7 k' X, r
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster * a, j/ N0 u* P! _2 s
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # A' ]5 I; _) s" r+ [1 }
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
# f+ P+ y |+ p% s: P "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , S/ o: W2 g! W: B2 f
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 b# S( R8 H; A year they send us a complete dick." |
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