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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
1 X9 X% Q+ z6 D6 o7 n audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 p5 g& \1 Q: e& P5 e7 n books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
6 M3 d6 b8 M" B2 j lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 1 i8 t1 C+ n, L }* |
little left to be of any use?" ) ~: t' o! g: z
* A" s4 c2 T1 N9 I, R: C "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
* }) n8 l) p$ @( g3 |/ u the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of c3 f# K5 L' s, n; x9 O/ x
bandages."
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; b. @+ C8 G/ g- b& c6 `+ p/ S "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% D, z. u3 ^0 c' j" h question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + p' b/ ^) @" l0 a; X% e+ o
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 5 P: n7 l! c2 X# v
over after setting a cast on a patient?" # c- N% d4 W" ?4 |4 q/ G
: s7 X, i8 c6 x8 u9 p e "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - v' ]: `5 n. I3 w8 {; n
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
9 x; z4 H W8 h6 t' Q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
" }+ [2 C' m: b7 K plaster."
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! w: {0 ?- J* w4 s+ h "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
' y; l7 @$ X$ N# g5 s0 N the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 P; k6 w* m# T# j3 E- ]2 m( Y4 m
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
2 M b1 [* `! n/ T "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
% c' `7 u7 V! z6 ^% L9 c" K the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 _! }7 L: v% ~" F7 v4 n year they send us a complete dick." |
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