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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
6 n- @5 o: i# e audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
, @7 E* d, _0 Q C4 K9 P books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
8 U3 M2 g2 ~/ |( C! M lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
& L) a" J5 r; n little left to be of any use?" * B* y8 N& D* p( H5 \
9 v; k* v0 v& H! t& V3 n1 n' e "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
- B- ]( R# c% } the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
3 `% Y% [6 x0 d% I bandages."
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/ _& W4 Z6 \! L- A0 D! _+ V* K "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 4 b9 r( ?6 y. L2 E" w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 R; V" ~) Y# W0 B3 z
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 U1 V7 a' K' j8 O6 U! n+ ]: C over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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4 X6 ~# B" f. X9 u& ` "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ! W8 \# z! @; S$ X2 L" x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
`' H% r3 I | F- R# C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
! `. ^7 y' U: V# ? plaster."
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, d, O% x5 f4 X6 Y2 q "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
0 y, _0 X; X" w! f2 K2 S the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & D- Q! N. X: I
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" L% y! s' }- q9 F5 D
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all % G2 p6 ]. q' X+ s
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- y' J' i' d. J year they send us a complete dick." |
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