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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# k- z, Z9 O- h4 ]5 C audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! [7 b; y y( m4 U! a( S3 D) B2 @
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
7 _" e6 L g& P1 c J lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
9 I) F5 D' k& c. [+ W little left to be of any use?" - j& o- I: i0 [- A
* ^9 E4 @0 `( c; J% N* {4 s' ~ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ) j9 C& h `& u; F6 i
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / `/ U; M% G6 E
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 4 l1 _6 @3 J8 E j
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
2 k2 a! [3 }9 N "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left + Q7 ] A( t8 a
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 m# ~4 u1 g0 K0 t trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
. P) o+ L1 R$ Z4 y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' ~+ k& |6 y; @6 Z
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " E; Z7 c& S% h$ B- m
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! j+ ~1 p% e: j* Z! g# p5 H/ u
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
$ g* G# C, `$ _ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
% m. V9 m0 e9 ~/ h1 ~0 c the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
, [9 L' d( v8 n* X& e4 d1 O4 {: Z9 d year they send us a complete dick." |
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