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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to / Y h- E7 D3 i0 D
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 k( O# M- P2 {0 N; B/ {1 W: | books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* Q) |6 e- v& K
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 g: Z$ s( L. z. T$ y. m2 ~
little left to be of any use?" 2 g1 n! ?: d( B1 ^
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 P. w( i2 R+ k$ ^3 \6 B) j4 i
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ( s m) w, ~9 A+ C# L0 l# E: G
bandages." & i! L9 v0 A0 }; j; N
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual * U' I4 B; L$ i
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 C" R/ t _1 Y' z) w6 b5 \
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
X5 V/ {/ D* ]% B. v; F" i6 T over after setting a cast on a patient?" . }% A8 i9 n) X# A& u4 i
. v8 m" g& P1 O0 ~. c# x0 g- h "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. q& W1 e8 w2 K4 [$ c1 J trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to * m4 W' v/ F4 M0 [+ S: L1 m" K
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of . H4 W1 \6 Y9 Z
plaster." & J) x2 x. J% e" f/ k
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 M8 O: T' ~' `. K& ]' Q' R2 \: o7 M the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & E* L0 p5 [7 R
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % M6 p( M; b7 f; r, F& U0 Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
) K- T* u5 n* {/ r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a , C% A0 Y4 o9 A; K& u) d& {6 B
year they send us a complete dick." |
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