by divit46 Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:55 pmAt the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada sent an
inspector to audit the books of a local hospital.
While the Revenue Canada agent was checking the books he
turned to the CFO of the hospital and said,
"I notice you buy a lot of bandages.. What do you do with the
end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send
them back to the bandage company and every now and then they
send us a free box of bandages."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his
unusual question had a practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with
what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was
trying to trap him with an unanswerable question.
"We save it and send it back to the manufacturer, and every now and then
they send us a free package of plaster."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he
could fluster the know-it-all CFO.
"Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the foreskins
from the circumcisions you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO.
"What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to
the Revenue Canada Office, and about once a year they send us
a complete dick."
inspector to audit the books of a local hospital.
While the Revenue Canada agent was checking the books he
turned to the CFO of the hospital and said,
"I notice you buy a lot of bandages.. What do you do with the
end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send
them back to the bandage company and every now and then they
send us a free box of bandages."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his
unusual question had a practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with
what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was
trying to trap him with an unanswerable question.
"We save it and send it back to the manufacturer, and every now and then
they send us a free package of plaster."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he
could fluster the know-it-all CFO.
"Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the foreskins
from the circumcisions you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO.
"What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to
the Revenue Canada Office, and about once a year they send us
a complete dick."