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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . |2 m' f5 @- j+ r0 e5 i
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
- `' ~7 o/ o; N1 ]& w books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
/ M; y# R# N* f( I lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# @- n& m& {% }; t- w little left to be of any use?"
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/ \4 ]% N. _5 z' A% p5 M* q* x "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& E( P. E7 q: z+ h2 P) x the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
7 B$ P P3 R( v5 a6 r bandages." , ]$ ]+ k5 P* V% l# x
4 Z7 s$ n* ^9 T2 x* c, m7 Z8 o "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 k2 u) f7 C+ z* _% L- k. ?
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
$ I9 h9 x: o% K "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % p: W ^/ f! y7 h K
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) t, c1 v1 [9 o! O9 w) X
8 I" A" ], a. O3 y "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
, b% I) N' i) ?2 \8 m# m trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
2 X0 x) i4 |2 P! f the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
, D9 h: o4 {9 R- l plaster." % N7 _3 d" S: m
1 k1 A7 m9 T J+ }7 X/ _ b4 c' \ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % r9 y9 |$ c% y/ f1 G/ q- S
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * H7 b2 W( b9 S
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 J0 z% \/ f3 P8 M9 @ Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
9 V% m: Y: D3 u; ^8 b# X the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# Z+ v( H3 D6 q: h. b year they send us a complete dick." |
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