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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' g. q* {6 U' r3 C9 h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 v/ T$ W% A( N) B books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a& X0 H. {7 J+ E1 d
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too & Q0 H3 T/ [% s4 \+ M
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 ! B6 x0 f+ p- E* R, M I
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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/ ]3 h( \7 s: M& M0 q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ; p# N5 }; D6 K+ _+ B5 }, S- t0 b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. z# N: ?3 r/ f' O! e "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) [ m, ?5 O3 G7 ^" A$ P
over after setting a cast on a patient?" % Y( [: q, i- O/ ?/ n& x3 N
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 s" p' E6 N7 `- Q/ F" {% f
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 A; e" q- S6 B! [6 w& y; m the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % e! [9 `" j9 ^' c2 {6 s
plaster." a2 K. D! v2 b* o! O9 K- u. O1 u
- A- k) I0 a# { S! K+ w8 R "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
( R: q: _ W8 K) O the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 9 V: ?1 i/ A4 i8 h% {
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 ~) F; t, W b& `4 V "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 5 B7 H* r, U' F) E4 ]& r
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a % ]1 r8 Y+ ?7 r/ Z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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