 鲜花( 2253)  鸡蛋( 32)
|
At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to * F: l' t# a0 n3 J
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
. h; a7 F; Z) N' n6 Z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' ?5 @. H" w4 T
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too $ w7 V% k/ {2 J' U1 _$ L3 s8 I* x
little left to be of any use?"
/ W- L* G4 I3 F$ f% K4 p& e" ?& Z
& E0 j4 W: }" g7 {) V* R "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 a/ ?- ?# W1 G8 Y+ ]4 P: a9 U4 f8 {% P the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 x, }/ {& ]5 B4 @3 H
bandages."
- J' p6 U- Z5 P4 N" o
: O! |/ u+ |) D: X "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
* ^$ R/ T7 L3 s" i6 m' T question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. - k" P1 N+ L z. ? N
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ! K1 N; Z, Q/ ?1 A- C% U7 d4 ]+ A
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! U( f2 r& A: f
9 ^" d* b _0 y "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 D; `6 Z7 ]4 v; W5 j trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & {9 S% X+ Q, M" e5 r3 U) d
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
* p* [+ r4 B% O plaster."
' b* M* Q& T0 I% } : H5 k. E& ~ Q2 ~% P2 L
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
7 u, C# a! q$ R' s/ \ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 v. S9 M4 H2 Z2 c1 u1 k
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
7 Y3 i7 ?; C/ d4 S0 B, w "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- N% u) ]5 ~! U- J the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- J6 Z0 A# B; i0 l3 h3 @ _; Q) p year they send us a complete dick." |
|