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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
, @5 i4 M* J. I H5 ~ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 f) t9 Q& }0 u( l: l; J
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 ?5 X/ u# }. Q6 C
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 P! y3 h( \7 e; k n( S little left to be of any use?" ( }+ s. I$ |( l& D. T$ U8 M2 |6 i
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to / O* ~5 F) H% H) p9 r
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ( ?0 s4 f a1 c! X. o4 [" e& u8 Z0 d
bandages."
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+ @6 s/ d S5 g "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & h6 l( N: l: H3 o
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 d3 k2 C* N( u2 z% w
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( p5 g+ g# A- Z
over after setting a cast on a patient?" * O7 p6 j: U! m' D( z/ f
, Q6 G* j E- R- u "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
: x* i9 F# \/ {: z I) v+ v { trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ T$ e6 u) [5 [/ o, }& G the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
& x3 U3 L, m" n: Y1 r" J6 B5 }/ l2 E plaster." / D; q1 p: X; P: r* r p
" `, M6 g" d% A- g "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 u+ T. i- h7 N the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 k/ d; t8 T5 X5 F% K6 j- ^! V leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
' R/ O. @' H. L- M "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 n% w7 j3 U4 t! R
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 s7 O! U' C, N
year they send us a complete dick." |
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