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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : F# }0 Y& ^- S" a
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
( \$ b* S! J' l5 j6 u books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a6 B! i* E! H P8 t
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
) a& Q @$ A3 O$ f* m, j/ B little left to be of any use?"
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( r9 }( N& e8 r" ?$ c "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 c+ Z' C6 S1 D8 x5 v the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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( J* Q! U, @9 E+ g4 b2 v, L "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & r- F9 F2 V" s; [' G5 |- |# m
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
: |) Q9 m6 W8 z- R$ d1 C7 u "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
/ @) _+ D; |4 f over after setting a cast on a patient?" + Y3 v. ~ Z% {, C) p! F
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / b- e0 l- T5 Q$ j t- q6 g
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
+ b: o8 S% E# B the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 B4 _6 t* K( }& A6 b* W
plaster." ! D. a' r% ~/ `9 }& a& N
# }- ^! M) c+ F2 @! I0 P9 e "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ) ?: n8 h" ^" e
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & L. V% K" p! n+ C
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 z. u4 _( E$ x6 g. r1 [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
Q. z$ s* G6 l8 O! Q3 x% R the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 H/ K* [) t: W2 @; e0 D# f year they send us a complete dick." |
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