 鲜花( 2253)  鸡蛋( 32)
|
At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
( Y5 S; G& y$ s$ I' d audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! k. H2 V2 @- C! e
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a1 T/ i" m9 _. I/ K
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : |9 G% Y H$ b! h$ D8 l6 n7 c. M
little left to be of any use?" : _) r ?8 V' M# t- F
7 J$ T! l! c0 V6 d1 ?" l/ l "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
+ d9 R$ w- k$ ~0 p the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 |0 R$ ^0 G, s, ?
bandages." Y/ q" F- H% W% }
! Q# m- h: |. p1 ^: [ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) m0 |& _" E$ _0 x; z! [6 e6 \! s
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
( _- d, q2 l! B( L( D "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left & r/ J. s+ n/ r j; U
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
- V& f' P+ I7 L3 q% R
! }& Z# v- E! E3 x1 a/ I7 d" V7 x "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% k/ D1 s/ S7 x) P& ? {; i( N trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ; f, E: \0 W9 u6 w* b5 i% I
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
y* ]1 k9 ?5 f1 ~$ C. S1 T$ m+ D plaster."
3 q% } n) q: L) x2 U- p
& o N9 ?, z7 Z: T$ T: K "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " A1 t. ]5 F: y* d
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the - H! @- D7 p3 M+ T$ z/ K& b. s1 r
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* ?: i7 v9 n7 I- Z2 k3 f4 s5 Q "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
2 L, k9 A! `2 ?4 @ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ( V# K* M/ p7 h
year they send us a complete dick." |
|