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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ! h6 k+ E: G, g/ v! U+ x: }/ y3 }
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 p5 N" P" i! C, Z
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
9 b& z* V" v5 m" g+ m4 m. ` lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" Z+ l @' r: j5 F/ M 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 9 m5 W3 k; E; B) a9 s2 ]) w! W
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / Q4 |* K) C/ R n) D! ]- H; c; }
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
6 j9 C1 T J5 n/ W( v9 H0 l question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; M2 T3 X) c& W- h- U, F4 x! w
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left }5 x4 M0 t. m8 m% x# a
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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6 \! a5 Y0 ]+ S f! B# ` "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ L) O4 F: V8 c% G+ ?
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
2 h& Y2 ]* D2 s1 \ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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: ~3 r" L8 D8 |" w "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 2 ]. z% N- R {6 F. `' r% c k
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 f6 X0 U5 i7 @2 ?5 S
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . v9 ~* w0 x5 O$ X, a, h, |
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 0 I: i; F0 N- a5 T$ n2 P9 `9 A
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! f' y6 X% B$ V7 ]/ k year they send us a complete dick." |
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