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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
- `9 C5 g- o( {& C) b1 G4 q( ^4 g' _( S audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
|0 Q0 E/ ?* p( f& ?- Z! x3 @ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a$ Q/ i6 C5 Q ?
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 n! Q& X+ H( E6 n$ e, {+ x little left to be of any use?"
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# d" f6 [6 z8 g% W N0 c+ s3 C "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
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3 {/ O+ y( |* L9 \! ]# U. d "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : L, ?7 _3 r* h! f$ P2 x
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
& R n0 E9 [) f5 `# \ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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* I1 q+ M& b \ E# b/ E "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 g' w$ D4 h8 W
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to # t9 X& V! u" z0 k1 b( f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ' H' ?/ j: j) W' x6 E. n v
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 Q8 E [# \; C+ ^# c: t' w leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 V3 @$ O/ l4 v& `$ f "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
0 f& h% }" @- Z( p+ M the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a - y1 ]6 L; R( U) Z9 L- I
year they send us a complete dick." |
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