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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . S# }3 {" |4 @) T5 Z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ?( q7 h" b* ~
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
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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( E5 `& X+ k/ f the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of : S3 F- U1 ~* e
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
. ^0 U3 ?* W ?5 w0 Z- [) @ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 9 C* a" C9 t( `) _/ S# _
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 Q- G; z( q% F n N) w over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to |9 s5 L! }% q0 c8 \
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & M: f7 K$ `- U1 C# f$ {
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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5 u& v5 x* Q) U+ r "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: P6 ~ b- e: r# e the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & ~7 C! c- l5 k
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( Z5 i& Z/ E6 ~/ z1 j) B4 s/ B# \
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
+ f- @" V) v4 [+ m, Y$ x the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
P, o2 p6 {2 o: L% i; l' U4 F year they send us a complete dick." |
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