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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 g1 q8 S( W- _
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 k4 E) }8 x, p: Q& s
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 A! z% z& U& a$ N; Q0 _- a
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
. p' k( T2 C2 r( \; t- @! F little left to be of any use?" " r: [+ P4 t/ ~ h3 }
% V% C9 [* B7 U$ s "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + [7 b0 y0 Z7 h: R4 t
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
/ l' H3 q/ P. h W bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 ^1 N2 l( ~% p! G) |& p8 y
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ m/ H. A6 H" K$ f' W+ H& J "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 N& V. A0 a6 Z* i _
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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3 ~- V+ h2 g/ @1 U4 \0 T "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 4 r2 B8 D c7 p+ |& h$ ~
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 5 R- O! m: ~5 w) L" e
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 O5 t I# Y, Z& e0 _0 S
plaster." * N( h W* b% y' P; [8 G/ U) B9 v1 U0 [
/ t; Q' u6 U$ T5 o! v% q: S "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: q* H6 S0 A' V2 z7 b the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
# }$ r) ]! d# ^ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 P" G5 U; P) H* G8 O7 Z: O$ N
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , I" n; C a4 b z+ q! H
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ N0 g0 [+ O, L4 K- K4 y0 E year they send us a complete dick." |
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