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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
7 @+ r$ D- v6 E- ~- O+ f audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 y* {3 Z. ~6 N
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 H1 S/ Z4 \4 J: P' w
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
U4 {* \5 @7 E! {* |" f little left to be of any use?" ) A5 s$ @" u" A8 ~3 D4 F
' D9 | p* C# o+ F "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to , v% i6 C( w/ K( O q
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
! O+ x; Y% o2 f4 n& r. C; p7 v! \7 S bandages."
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$ p" i4 k" i8 m) c R1 d/ \+ O "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual + b2 j/ m, P& @2 ]: Q6 \
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
) q4 A' q7 k7 Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 2 v% \7 `( y% `7 d/ F9 Z- t
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
`+ S+ y+ }& J1 M( U trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' T1 p+ f! ^7 R8 A; u the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
; t5 @7 b g! p& k, l6 A plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 d5 G- y" c" c: F: {, k
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
- Z7 L2 k I6 z) m9 w/ h leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" @. b1 d" R3 V! C6 ~
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: C, {4 Q! m9 w( p) K& x& w; x/ V the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ; J. J1 ^+ Y+ F) p0 u' F
year they send us a complete dick." |
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