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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
3 J; I* c, F6 ?6 B- l9 ^ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the + W; a5 P# \ \, x
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- C: H4 I( \9 V4 }( m% |
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
- L& ~; o2 i! O' n1 T little left to be of any use?" ! S1 ]% j8 q) @; t4 a
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 P8 f- l9 j" m. r! c! J% O the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of & A# C- }3 e' }9 a) q
bandages." p6 H) V" s0 D
9 n, r9 N% y: ~; V2 r, ^ e/ A; ~ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
! x! O& \' _! \$ C question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; N5 }5 s& u4 B* j2 }# }
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left : z) U/ f8 U/ ]- s9 C
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 j& u' a% h3 q% H
* W+ u- z! L- J8 I. B" ` "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 j8 d& W9 U& K% S, g: \
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & e% x. p' j7 N5 c1 G# J. ^
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 T/ o) A+ {9 `$ ]7 f3 ~7 D* J
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / U- o4 G4 d$ j; d* e4 r$ z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 8 T$ b' `8 w9 N/ U
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 `2 P' H/ ~) C+ T7 K/ O$ V5 e "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
2 W1 @% b- F2 A; u( \+ b the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a / R! I, p9 f% L5 P; G
year they send us a complete dick." |
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