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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 R. a8 f1 a& j. h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the " ?" d3 f( q* Q' y6 |1 F3 F& h' @
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 S. g* T% T7 y' l
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too - T: v- M2 ~1 ?3 x! C
little left to be of any use?" % S L$ y0 {4 ]) R2 ~
Y# @8 U6 M2 g& ] "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 P, c: e% o6 `1 z4 U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
- p, c, ?; e% n5 Z- |! m+ ? question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
2 e8 M. O! E$ Y. k d/ @) \9 p "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 K9 V# i* L! B; [$ t* k( q over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to % T5 F R$ D8 P6 p! a
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " }2 z5 O1 v* B7 ]4 e2 M6 M1 Q4 I2 K
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of + b% R& v2 ?! B/ L7 J
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , q" e7 W5 i: J% [
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" W2 B4 J5 c" m% F8 v A, z9 \1 Z leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 c/ U! t) ?& A2 C3 \ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # P6 M; {+ Y1 a; w2 G
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ [8 i% q0 a l+ k! \, n
year they send us a complete dick." |
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