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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
( O( n8 c0 @. t1 b audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 N% n; n1 ]9 i books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
; P! x) f. ]! e7 S- A: l0 o1 y. _ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 u4 E4 ^" [2 b3 y little left to be of any use?"
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- S: {/ X1 b- ?# g# S, c "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
% n! c/ G S3 ~ n& {3 ] r. m the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ! M+ O4 M1 i$ }- K" z
bandages." / |# f# k; r! ^" ]" ~8 ~/ c8 ?
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 {: V9 |4 k5 \% J: J question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- @4 U: h$ i& t1 U! I5 F$ L, M4 ^ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 F& f9 N2 {+ a9 ~
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 8 Y+ \- `: w' y: V7 }6 Z; W: Q
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
3 g5 a% t9 v v trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to . L4 v, L8 l) n* P
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! k6 d# i( Y, H
plaster."
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! A- }# M6 I" r6 n9 ?; P3 r "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " r w% w' E9 y- {5 `
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the $ J' f4 d) U+ c; k0 N
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* N% ^6 u! P& j. D "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
" H4 V5 m6 K, N3 Y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 T3 q+ o) v; a' @ J year they send us a complete dick." |
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