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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
) X" K9 n: s6 U1 V audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - k0 O1 t: P6 t& l
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, \/ O8 S+ C& s( v# N- i lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
* c! ^0 M1 @. q 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
; g5 J1 r9 o9 p/ c7 t- g the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 [% P0 d/ B" |7 r( Z
bandages." . d& n! M0 L; F" V0 T
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 R6 }+ ?& S" A E4 p o* w question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % u" W5 C$ s" G, C, {8 M
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
; r" q4 y# @8 y5 _; H- [7 | over after setting a cast on a patient?" / B0 z* \ c8 \- c
8 T% A$ i2 A: n( l. } "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 7 f6 O7 L0 C" N! v3 K6 a: v
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 v" |( ^) J# _; u4 p
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % h5 w% ?5 i2 B& p8 Q2 G; w( _5 a
plaster."
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* ^4 R8 ]0 Z" R4 y/ c+ J4 C+ I "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster * J0 P5 N% Q* A% P1 o. Z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 G3 l) r0 @2 ]# f0 N( i* \ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" # t$ l( w% x0 J8 m5 i
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
* }8 I0 U6 [$ [7 F$ S+ m the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a , ~( l5 _: r) b' T, M( I) N
year they send us a complete dick." |
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