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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
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books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 }! I/ J! U0 w3 S
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 6 _! x' ^' T+ }7 p) x% Y
little left to be of any use?"
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: F' U8 i6 H. S "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to & |0 G. J3 m1 e
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 ~( W5 P6 w0 {7 F7 h: O bandages."
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& G& k8 K D# | "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 ^. y( J6 x0 ~; N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. }, }5 |6 X# J' ]) f) F
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ; {9 [- g' V5 J. Z
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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7 q' q N! K! E: \/ P# V "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & k$ ]9 q/ r& F9 F% K4 F# }
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % c- N# D* X" V& |+ k/ ]; a
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
. u6 p- P' ^! I' h plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + ]! ]3 @' Z* f# x2 K
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 @6 F e# I) m; P leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - M0 c9 w5 { z3 e, Y8 ?8 z0 _' v
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( s! V- s- g6 r: L6 ?: r2 o$ P( d the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 `3 o, \- I' V9 F) e! { year they send us a complete dick." |
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