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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
3 Z9 B" d, c5 t" p5 I* t; u8 g audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the $ J; o. N" s4 N; z5 {
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 w% ~, t% J8 h/ H3 R lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 2 X2 ^! Y } Y
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 / ^0 _! M8 S# s5 O& ?
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of + R% e; R0 ^ m+ x# u7 K
bandages." - C6 m' _# e4 ^# H+ ]
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 1 n) R0 H- C2 n" Q i* G
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
W$ v8 b6 X, T# |, ?4 {5 x$ A: r "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
& l' ?( u$ O. r+ ? over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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7 m" |3 ?, m% y u( h5 p9 o3 L "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 E, D+ z/ y5 B0 `. Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ( s) }! w% N+ \# a
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of $ c$ _2 W% T) k% @, C, P
plaster." # B1 G3 v4 C" a C, j
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
4 K& [- ]8 o! u5 n5 x4 k% O, A' h6 O the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 `4 e$ K6 n& _: E leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 g& p+ _" W2 S0 p' A% }
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 u: J8 K% B7 I2 J" \# T the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* p- j+ G( ` b' ] V8 u! o year they send us a complete dick." |
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