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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . P3 P# k6 Z* l* i8 `
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& \2 \- V1 J: q books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
Y1 l7 j9 z. V& d; y9 G lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ! \$ s; T3 {) R/ p9 k& x
little left to be of any use?" ' d9 a6 `: U: P) D4 I
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
0 i# f0 M6 J. X2 _6 y/ W the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ! O+ b" [7 T8 f! Q( a _7 e( F
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
1 i9 ]2 D- I$ k B "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left " R/ X* q6 I4 p4 x- P
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 y5 n5 ?+ o! j: ? trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 8 m& T) T; }2 {% j- b) r% E1 J
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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: N1 h( m- B8 Z4 q- w "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ' M6 ]" h) z x2 U9 N
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 9 ^! P8 U! p# c: h4 A$ L
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
) U1 D- c+ a( w4 D5 ^ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ) I1 ]. N/ }: l& x) @/ \
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 Y8 w9 V: J, K( g9 D
year they send us a complete dick." |
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