FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS
At the end of each tax year, the IRS office sends 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 once in a while, they send us a free roll."
"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 so often they will send us a free bag 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 remains from
the circumcision surgeries?"
"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 prick."
At the end of each tax year, the IRS office sends 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 once in a while, they send us a free roll."
"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 so often they will send us a free bag 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 remains from
the circumcision surgeries?"
"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 prick."
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