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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 8 h! r! }5 ^% M: y+ O6 }( e8 X. l
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the & f" w1 U2 y. ]; H: m7 x/ [
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a3 Q3 I# p/ C9 @
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 6 F: V8 Q# e* O' M1 F4 V
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
& ~' @3 W$ Z2 _% M the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
- @- z4 N9 z! a! p1 b bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
5 c1 q3 t/ d5 ~; q Q question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + `5 v! a! x6 X" h- }/ b4 u/ Z
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) }! Q* g" @0 s; O9 y" }& D. v; |
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! E+ w- r9 |2 k0 p7 J! A3 X
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 q8 x" S9 e7 ^7 o. g2 B trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 1 v; E( N a% s( s9 E% F7 }
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + S/ H: [$ _( h$ z E* E
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the % \3 K F. m1 Z9 z4 M$ a" q
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 g4 N% w5 X2 K& E3 z3 _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ) Z# M0 _% A6 q' B7 u% F( W
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
$ u+ m* P$ Z$ A year they send us a complete dick." |
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