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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . u z0 n7 j% c4 T% Q4 |
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - m( q9 s; _6 R
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
- {' b1 X; e* | lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too + U$ k; O4 ]2 D7 X
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
: J7 G& ~3 P6 g# N# D the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / A0 ?: Y# O. [
bandages." ; @, p, Y- }% R0 f( n
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 k- c! d) g7 v3 O( d/ d) S4 E8 [
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
$ d$ }" _/ J0 C4 v0 r8 m "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 x" h1 a) L% ] over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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& C9 n+ B8 ~9 w! V0 z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to . H# d# K. M* V+ y- V( w, _
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( W0 N, x! a# \( x the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
8 h0 F- |9 \: H1 V m2 I; C plaster." ! d: y$ @3 n/ A" m x4 w0 B$ b6 R
* K" u7 r& k1 I& U "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster & _0 P( I7 b% r
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 o0 O8 i$ d& A" C" Z! H leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
. \6 c% r* E( z" _4 q9 s "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 5 D& e* `% |/ J1 w/ b: _
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
& D" O0 I+ Y/ t F( ^ year they send us a complete dick." |
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