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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
( S- z y0 @/ H, m$ a9 f, L4 ^1 ]3 `* @ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
3 ]* S9 d& o' J- W% j" H books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, r0 x* m$ n: h2 f
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 4 ?' L( O. k+ q7 U6 Y( G9 k+ J/ P
little left to be of any use?" $ k; s# Q$ _0 f
' F. M) D$ M0 P+ k' ~4 j2 O "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 W$ ^2 r. k. {9 v
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of n6 ~7 g* f8 ?" a9 {: O
bandages." 6 ]) H$ c# e" @8 r: E' m
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
8 C% R9 y) C& t- Q% j/ Y" p question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. * h6 B# G2 L7 a+ \5 q, n2 t
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # s4 i. _( P4 ?( N/ k4 g
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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n7 Q, `7 K# W "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 l7 x& L$ k( e6 D trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
1 j* y5 ^% M9 S# n0 p the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 K! t( e* @/ z7 W/ m4 f: \
plaster." - N2 |) h% v1 G$ F; v
- U/ n( N$ {2 I1 a6 y% Z "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 2 j3 X& H$ q3 E- H, H* v- U
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
( t) N: y3 u6 Y: r! \7 u leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
; d3 t3 D @- `8 j4 @+ w- R "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
& P1 c5 N' k' T6 r" \ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 u) X$ ~0 w$ J year they send us a complete dick." |
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