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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
$ y7 b8 M, _7 B9 N audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 U4 i) e' ~* a! X+ v books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a t4 r. [2 o- S* s* b; b% v) t
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# b, X2 R/ K% g* s3 D" O9 P) q little left to be of any use?" ( L" k) j: p" g% ~0 @" E1 u
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ; ~/ R0 d" X. n0 {& D/ S
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
, |4 N1 B! B @# b bandages."
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0 D. X! w$ Q& e4 S& J" `/ u "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
) ?+ M3 {2 L; f- y* D( [$ ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # v+ e4 G6 d0 p! y( J/ ~2 e8 G
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) m8 z5 q% B' _8 ^' o/ K+ B( v
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! W# R* J4 ?* S _- E
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 7 h! j. U; c0 \* r) y8 H
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 2 f9 S- _+ H' X# |' n
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 l1 l4 L) V' y: t( a/ E
plaster." ; ~- R; r/ o0 G; ]# ~6 C
' U5 q8 d$ J( D1 r7 b0 e! X "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; U* Y$ {3 _5 N: j1 h( W4 T
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # M* u+ c% y* |6 B1 d$ r8 r9 v
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 {9 p( k. W0 m# F! t1 g' e
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ) S6 v: _; F# E) [ J
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* r6 M' r9 [( P. R! ` year they send us a complete dick." |
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