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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 u# u. Q/ {: S- E1 G; Y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ( n6 @& w1 W! A7 P" p9 H
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a$ w! ?3 x' [( C3 M
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
, x4 t. V! A. N4 e little left to be of any use?" ! s. _ _( [( T7 q
; L P6 A6 n) z& k/ D2 [/ G "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 4 N F* B7 ^' X* A- K
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 X% A9 y% z4 G0 f: E4 S
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 X m6 f: K# Y8 ^9 z0 N
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" _ q0 P' b% [ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # }% I$ B6 E& `' @0 A
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 H4 a7 x& {: [2 p
/ h5 ^, C W$ R* Q "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 Y2 }% H& \$ K( S
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& w3 w; ?4 S' y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of # r8 e% f3 i. g, _
plaster."
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' D( X t; R+ d1 G( P2 _7 {6 ?7 r5 _ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 9 J. p! Q. G7 e; P! ~+ p* h2 i% z$ f! C
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
6 v! B" E" }' {1 k t: L! C leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
+ a7 T& }7 S* X8 ` "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ v0 e5 r- p* S& A) z6 B! D7 T' j% a the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. w) o% e! ?2 M: m. K8 E4 B' U year they send us a complete dick." |
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