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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 G8 Y( J% e- @/ A7 C audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the g5 E: o( a% b% |+ a
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. L2 G& r" A: d3 P, B8 D& i! ~+ q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too + E' E) h' d/ `2 n
little left to be of any use?" 0 } Z8 y- I. e' a
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 B7 b3 z0 f& f- h the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / A# S- {& d$ c% P0 F5 d
bandages." 0 Z3 u8 [. ?# ~; E# `
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
$ A% m, ?, W9 `0 @' J* T question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & `# M0 x$ M( h' L/ T R/ h
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 5 j* r4 x/ y# p T" B3 |
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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: L- J+ x& u1 c! D. t% v0 o, x. p* R "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
O+ [7 l* u4 T# Q/ M3 A trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: z+ K$ I4 q5 @% B8 _ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / ]. V; m' k7 i, b- R" \# M
plaster." + D! F3 R: a8 k7 ^
: ^: G; o$ A5 [, ?1 \; z "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 l/ w* x' a1 ^+ D6 P; P/ V
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & z$ x& g1 D- D" c& c, h- ]' n+ `
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 w, l8 @ T9 b! r# y "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / U1 P3 c. |, }/ d. H$ J
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 p$ L4 P7 y' G' X' X0 K. O
year they send us a complete dick." |
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