At the end of the tax year, the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the
books of a local hospital.
While the IRS 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 leftover 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 IRS Office, and about once a year they
send us a complete dick."
books of a local hospital.
While the IRS 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 leftover 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 IRS Office, and about once a year they
send us a complete dick."
