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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: T, m; ?: A1 Y0 a- b/ p, ~ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the % N2 J1 V6 a! {
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 _& @/ Z e; ~8 j2 S( a5 f
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" p2 S, ~0 C7 m2 h little left to be of any use?" 3 q; ~" I( v) R/ j* g/ O# z
: A" z0 n' ^- S' c; u* p1 c" A "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ( H$ w, T4 o& Y( g& d/ I4 p) s
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 }) C. v5 s0 K) b9 { bandages."
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4 O2 B0 q! m& a/ e. J0 ~" ` "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 a' A7 Q$ j4 Q6 a; o
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
: n+ T5 @* _5 K1 f5 c0 o6 K0 ? "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) W3 U# s( t- r, B6 S6 l
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 9 r) i8 P1 M' E* p6 N
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
: m+ H5 }5 w- h9 n- E trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
3 [1 e7 W' G+ Z+ f the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
( }3 W5 t+ M( Y* J plaster."
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5 l% V' f1 B. ? "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ) l: u7 i2 d9 i
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
! `( k6 H& S* z) G9 K# k- M9 Q: } leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 _7 i# H$ R5 x9 U+ F- O6 U
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . q% w$ V! y* }0 Y
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* i' r! g5 K) W. g( U% _. `$ ` year they send us a complete dick." |
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