 鲜花( 2253)  鸡蛋( 32)
|
At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 Z+ X+ c! l& R; m( H
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 w8 U ]+ v% j5 U4 r books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 ]. Q9 X4 |. ^( l! Q4 T
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
G) A8 o% M) Z+ w- s little left to be of any use?"
/ P3 f3 W3 J# {6 T' ^$ }- Z
& U$ H- Q. K; ]- O. y "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ; K" N. D0 V5 q \3 z
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 U5 E$ s7 j7 r6 ?2 t bandages."
9 i3 `0 h# F4 }5 S- w ! {& B9 Z- h1 {6 }2 K2 |
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual f7 u8 ?. Y! G4 D6 a- K2 l- i
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) n1 S, ~: d4 `" q
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left & K0 h: |; |% Q% l% n
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 h- v6 A( B( S9 m( j4 H
4 a1 M" }: n! ?; M! {" V+ n
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to # o# l& k6 u. }! Y c
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 7 W h/ n, U: O
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
' n# g1 N# x6 t# Y6 s/ {, `; ? plaster." 1 x; _( P# \' @5 {( s
a. c! h6 V2 u
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + O4 Q3 z# u n
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the e3 ?( c( x( J) q/ O* }; c
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
( y9 d( |# s2 m% V0 [2 a "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 U E6 `9 |) l1 K: m5 \6 t! e
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- ^; b8 \/ c8 g, O8 O; b( f& ?' ? year they send us a complete dick." |
|