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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to + f! o( \- S5 }7 b% v
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 l+ m$ A4 ]8 q2 x4 z, p/ S books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 O3 l# {9 d' b7 C3 z* ^
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
! n& f) m9 ?$ |% q0 `) a) N' Y little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
5 I2 i3 L e6 o0 g- g! Q$ k the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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: s. {& k, Q1 `' _ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( f; }. l) [3 C8 [* Z! i
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ H! [3 }# [$ H8 r7 A: y1 g) m% q3 n "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) C6 c; V: v+ s& y9 z& ]# i
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 J" K" T1 @! ?
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
! [$ v8 Z. s5 A6 Z4 i; A the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ; T3 G: ~- o; g( b. v: W; s& o# C
plaster."
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2 d& ]$ ]0 ~6 f "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 z; q; T$ M, ~- y' j
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% X9 r1 D! P- W+ G4 S2 w! e leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 q1 [+ h0 B; i/ @/ w
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 8 j# a4 Z" H& R) C G0 L# Y
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- X5 T( [' w: y. ? year they send us a complete dick." |
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