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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. ~8 h) W! h |% l5 w audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the N3 ]( M4 v- h- @
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
: e. R" Q2 o- @8 \& f% R lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( H/ i1 b1 m u4 i& R4 K& N little left to be of any use?" / T1 Z, j9 _9 H5 i) _/ h6 G6 |
* D# K' Q0 c0 `, h "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
0 U k7 X. k- Q the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of : U! {) d! ]4 J) r X* I6 d
bandages." 9 E4 U9 {* a0 U
9 F2 `! K8 d% ~3 r- ]- ? "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
# d+ y) r* u' p# Q2 t3 {' Q question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
0 F0 B7 w4 f9 V2 g9 ?4 j "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 2 ?' r( V9 M. \
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 T) I$ f6 i; e/ y; a4 }
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ! t6 i: ]9 Y" P
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
% o( F8 t( D1 k" i1 V u# f, x the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 s/ K( ]* A3 O7 t. I2 Z plaster." # b# i: T/ [: S$ p9 u" E) M1 h
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& T( @& [. Z" K3 n, j4 w7 V2 H the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! C2 V8 N4 h$ o
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . h8 L1 m$ J# x( P' Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " n1 v8 H7 ~# a8 r) ]
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! ~/ e5 C( n0 t" N
year they send us a complete dick." |
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