鲜花( 2253) 鸡蛋( 32)
|
At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " U" {! J) X, ^! A. V8 T! y' l
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 V8 [+ R1 e& C0 D
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( `* E; e& L5 W o6 F
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 c3 l* ?, C3 Q, ] S/ ~ little left to be of any use?" 4 \; T1 K; b: I3 ^
! ?9 c6 v, U+ T- N7 k+ q3 \* \- `0 B "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 ~8 X3 L" y0 I2 R3 l the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 `* G8 ?- X% x q# w7 C- R
bandages." * q; D3 B* [$ N% k# T9 W8 B
" F" W: V1 O% {- g4 A4 t "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& s! ]8 ?# I; h% K/ \ }: k question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. R2 x# y# o6 ?3 V0 R2 V' l- { "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left $ I& L6 y" E- g# Y
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
) O) z* p8 D) Z! h9 V
7 U C5 J4 f1 u$ T" N' w "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% u" g m9 n# ^4 m trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- e7 Y" ] m9 K9 v, {. L- Q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 G4 m- [& K- a7 m; W: R
plaster."
! {) D; P P& q5 F2 \) h+ Q+ e
3 S a7 h: z# D9 x$ z; V) E! X "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
% Z( q+ {" X6 s4 O the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. L; U R Z* R2 }2 p leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 M" P9 y. |7 }# w: W: P "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 P ?. l, z) M6 y0 N. a the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 \& |* X" i( S) J. Y4 y/ v year they send us a complete dick." |
|