 鲜花( 2253)  鸡蛋( 32)
|
At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . A3 F# S! k( q2 j
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
' O1 `7 r- t& x books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
- S" S0 T' J: @ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . [" W, `* o* s3 d5 b
little left to be of any use?"
' Y2 B t9 }# l
A8 \+ K$ `5 F7 v0 W "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 E9 u! V+ g& F
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of . R. i* ?% t( q; U% f2 }
bandages." " V5 q' M/ N& t
+ J$ N& @8 N# o9 g1 o/ ^
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual - h2 O& F1 W/ o& V2 B) n @" l5 }: u
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 H: F* t0 k7 t( b4 D/ W "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 5 r+ T8 Q8 P3 ~2 f4 |
over after setting a cast on a patient?" i0 \ Z1 i. j/ T( q% |7 ^. ^
4 A0 H6 W+ x" A/ Z5 J: R
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( }, G* P- h9 `' K r- a6 E trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " I" s4 }% S/ g) f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , T$ v x( [* J# S7 t
plaster."
/ O1 b0 H% q# p+ N7 {/ V! V' x
! S3 Y; q2 J$ c8 y: O6 B "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 1 ~/ @. a; y3 I
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 d: [" A8 a" k7 E6 K: q5 R v
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ; B8 h9 p( Q# [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . M1 W9 L3 L: O
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
q$ W/ r1 G% N1 A2 S- J year they send us a complete dick." |
|