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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 0 ~! e. w9 H ^# i
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 d! g: N3 ^! }; |
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
; n$ R3 f D3 A R lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too & R- ^/ N1 @1 c, K/ B f! Q
little left to be of any use?" 0 g# U% G% A; ?2 J ~0 _" b, @
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 5 m7 n. q E' B
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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7 b/ q! S" d% k! }4 n* u "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% m$ F" J% g. R& _3 Q question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. - q7 t) g" `" J9 R
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left . z3 P, E3 d6 T) G
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 2 q% w- k, T K+ \# u
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 G7 V6 A: F( d2 B- R3 ~ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
S% ~2 Y# N! R3 r1 V/ C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 X7 E5 P& c( r) G4 O" Q U$ K plaster." ( P$ q, ?) N+ T _$ A
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 f& w6 Q3 ~3 K* E1 f, g$ Q7 t/ o
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the J3 }2 {" X8 F% a$ v
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 R. v. F3 a3 Z! P8 r
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all % ?& \! P5 x; b. @
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
' d* h+ Z! e. [7 O7 r6 g2 I# K year they send us a complete dick." |
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