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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. z8 o+ C) g8 R8 e" c6 \ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 N2 r4 ]3 F, h, K/ j. d
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# S2 B, Y# d) X# D& ^( _9 Q3 i lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
6 C5 m" w: T1 C) ~1 D little left to be of any use?" ; r% y2 c. U) }
: Z( P' O7 R( I3 g2 \ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # `# i* |2 K- [2 S+ J
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of " U/ I9 Z% n" V# e' [
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" X9 W. q" W W "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # s/ ~( ^( B- p9 W! Z$ I9 D
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + f- b* Y! X- Q' B$ U
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 s9 O7 c2 h8 j9 {* B0 {! ^ over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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: J4 ?3 }4 U' {5 N: G# A "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
/ Y0 \; V8 z5 t) `( q+ }+ E trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 1 e3 g5 s. [8 @/ J" m- `8 W$ A
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
3 I2 W2 ]) |, \" ? Q% N& N% u plaster." 8 c( G8 G& G: v/ e" l# j; L
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 D9 N; f3 A) b0 ~1 V the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
! l: |3 [" A9 N/ O7 a leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 3 e P$ ]- y; N6 I5 \/ t2 O0 J! E
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
* j. M% ~1 h" N/ L the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 J* l. R$ K* i( M; h" G year they send us a complete dick." |
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