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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 P, _ j# q( q7 ?: q- I audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ) n4 Q% K# E9 ^4 l
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 N( j* h6 G Y6 R2 [
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 0 \1 Z- s" a: x* P3 `5 }0 o
little left to be of any use?" D1 S; t v) S2 {
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
z& T$ C7 g2 t1 ~; g$ W the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 l- L( Y, `5 X
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& o' x6 k0 T$ r question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . h$ c- T1 m1 R% }1 T+ n
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 6 ?9 r% R! z/ B( Q* J/ F- b' ?
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , d) c/ M5 f! n) u9 g
; {' W' Q& s4 ?& S "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 4 _, s0 y% n0 d5 I& r; S- e9 }
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
, H, L8 ~- j) X; f9 ^ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , D4 b' d) Y1 s' ]5 i* R
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , e4 W% Q+ N1 y, A
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
, u: W% p' v" f- t: d! B leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 C' a3 Z1 c8 t4 U+ Q* Q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all % w: B. ^9 K+ Y9 q* K/ Q- \/ r
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; r4 G1 z) ?7 J" N5 l0 v; ?+ w3 m& R year they send us a complete dick." |
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