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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to & v& P# e, j8 w \3 K( F( N
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
9 t& M( A6 F; g1 u% S2 v0 D books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. A4 E5 n2 W5 W1 \0 L4 ?/ N% f& m
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too % a: L+ {1 t' A) c* u
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 ! P- L/ y. R$ I' c1 w) h
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ; c: @9 a) ]& x. L9 e5 L
bandages." 9 Z% |5 N; D$ c* I
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
4 Q) q2 c/ q+ O3 z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. r" }" n8 T: M# b5 E "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
1 p+ L q: n ? over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + U6 k: N: \& }" g
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& `% |3 k4 X) b3 v the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of + J ~' o9 Z8 O$ \) C6 d+ q
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
% `" {: C+ D5 }! g+ w5 ` the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & j, Q0 c, p& Z6 Y, c
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) x2 S y9 c- J" Z. U
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ E" N d4 t0 ]7 u9 `0 d the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a * Y& }0 l' K! r+ l$ R# L
year they send us a complete dick." |
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