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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to $ E( W/ o+ r% O1 ]# S9 u: h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
: V, q+ u. m, J* U- w* {7 Q: n books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
9 t/ L `" a- }$ i lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' h+ d* V, P* x little left to be of any use?"
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4 _, Q3 S. ^- Q- u( k& A: p; T "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * w1 N4 t. e% a7 Y8 Z" G. h2 w
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
; {0 ]9 f' w8 ~' j4 Y bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ! G. V2 C$ g2 ?1 [
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ' Q+ l+ J4 H' [( H, |
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
( C0 a3 g/ t/ A# t$ P7 E over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 7 ^8 ~5 _2 C2 G2 Q% G0 _6 |
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + s- R3 k3 y5 V& W/ m* O, o& b4 q+ b
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 S- f, A' W5 C
plaster." & s, I8 h1 O2 K+ _: V# {5 g$ e& h- P/ G
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , C5 C& \) h1 J+ Z% \0 ^
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 K) a" s% D1 d6 X
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
6 o4 z# \3 c: Q2 K$ o7 X! X "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ! v/ E+ x* G$ F
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
) n2 I5 i) J2 [ year they send us a complete dick." |
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