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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to , d5 s" t5 L) @# c) k+ N, n
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the d9 Y, E3 _' [; b
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 J1 z! c# r% w1 h
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ) k( m, g. H+ c- i# a; {8 f
little left to be of any use?" ; m) r- H* @( E; X0 S
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 E$ X8 `- f; N) N- z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
! R% x7 c6 O$ S/ m/ O) X- U( o bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
- Q8 K9 y- y" ]% e* q% u question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . o. z4 [+ X8 K' q
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ c; r9 F ^% C9 u f over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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! l8 Y3 w8 {1 b. a "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
0 @6 q0 L. t$ s trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to , x9 R( H7 j8 W
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
) A% L/ Y9 l3 G plaster."
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Y! H* `* y5 K( `. ~ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ y- P( K3 y d8 \8 r9 V the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + e" m# Q k. }: D) D
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 f6 Z: s# p) q. G( I* J: f) ] "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 M+ L9 L% S; Q the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a & i5 t! J! x& }/ K6 c y6 O; @. D7 I
year they send us a complete dick." |
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