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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # t8 N# j; j3 C- x9 Y/ s9 t1 G
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
: _# l0 W3 A$ C$ d% P books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 l# @& a% q0 N9 z/ C3 W
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 z1 t: e8 ], a. o) V& ?9 D6 p4 c little left to be of any use?" : e3 V# d0 Y! s4 T# {: [
; f. O- e% {* V1 q4 v7 T: p "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: X2 S9 J7 D" r! t/ T8 j& _ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 1 R' d* |. Q7 I& D. l: {4 \
bandages." - Z' i1 ]# X* ^3 z8 X+ b3 i
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
- }3 o( k# M. V/ x question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ l* K* x2 {! N, G% ? "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
# t1 I8 L d( ] over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to . c* k% @2 Y; C9 Y. ?
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ O- d3 r. Q: R* I
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 r- f" Y/ S" E0 ]2 c
plaster." " Q w4 r m5 R. y
( G/ q- q" I% X) ^ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 w& E6 q% e* ^1 n the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; s" Y" Z9 S% ?% r* Y( y0 q leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
0 c5 F! ^' v% M* M0 r "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 @: m& ^; A, p9 ^ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
, Z7 C y& }7 l: Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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