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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 8 a, e2 F( l' P. q* F
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
J. e0 P% k- a' L+ r& [8 L; V" t books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a1 }& P& T+ ?" @/ O J: j
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : T; K$ F" ~" C+ F/ G a! T
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 / x* t8 g. h) R r- F1 w" P
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 6 l! j3 b C4 U( @" g
bandages." * E+ U! ]1 W/ a5 ^3 s$ F
% D$ _ i2 c/ Z" h5 v* i8 w "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
; ?, E7 f; h) j% I' ~- H' B question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 ?6 T8 y1 ~4 ?! K5 k+ C8 ^$ \! T; } "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% r3 r: [+ m; L* x% B+ @ over after setting a cast on a patient?" : M2 l) d3 U) s5 j
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 e/ m4 E6 W5 V3 f trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
$ _4 K9 a3 o% Z; r% p the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
/ I" C; {2 z" f plaster."
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$ c* s( s0 m3 X+ r5 F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& G. j# a# |) G1 g the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; {8 {) S! R+ N, |) Y$ [2 G leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 6 b5 m Q6 o- ^
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 Q8 W h7 r; X& T
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a * ?- A* y2 q# k5 Q' p7 J1 \
year they send us a complete dick." |
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