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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 a9 Q& f' D* h1 X9 B& |* U% N
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 N, P4 i" G& v" s, K" d# d, S 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
( [% i4 M, Y; Z8 U# H5 `; O the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ; b3 S' U7 T! b
bandages." : I% f7 ^/ u; R, ]1 {; r
$ R+ {/ B! Z8 l& M" L "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& T( {% q4 v$ ]2 f# e; z4 [. @ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
# ^* L% Q% ]- F2 ^) Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
0 a8 Q6 v5 W: N8 _0 D over after setting a cast on a patient?" 4 l# d* r# v; `* n3 c0 v
$ s5 Z4 D1 r5 y0 l) T1 {! Z* ] "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
* o' A0 U ?- ? x! Q( W+ c* | trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; Q' d8 M5 w& h: [ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
$ Z! q- g1 p! y& g5 k% [- ~ plaster." - H$ l# r2 ^8 ]( e8 h B
8 a0 O1 N' {0 W2 V; Z8 A# Q4 A3 X! Z "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , z/ u$ g; ~: C
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 3 U/ h, L3 J" S9 ?2 `. _2 i6 V3 [
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 3 `# h& U5 r% Y9 r3 k& V7 @
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
3 N) D1 | x0 ]$ T( x9 I) j the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 z7 ?0 V, J! F year they send us a complete dick." |
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