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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 a* _7 R& W7 E$ R4 L2 {+ g! Z- e
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the & A( ~* g5 M& e
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a% l+ ?/ r z( ^8 J( v# e ~
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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$ b4 d+ b3 o- ]9 j5 a "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ; w1 h6 o! N* b& V0 a
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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: y) l( O% w+ A1 e "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
- t$ C/ D" r9 b" W8 l question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 U& D8 D( _$ m0 P' B8 G
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
2 y7 @2 I6 v# G% ^7 z' I( S5 D over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & I8 r* N5 ^/ B. [6 S
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & T4 N" d; X# y2 G
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of . K2 X4 B" i7 M4 m
plaster." - \' }: z9 w; x, \- Q
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 Z1 [& `1 Y% D& E4 A
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 8 d- B; @; L% m# S
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 s0 g+ O' m8 k: E0 Y- k. B* ]
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . g. \& M' j8 W) R( O0 q
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 E( R$ k0 x& d. O
year they send us a complete dick." |
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