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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
, i0 u! \+ P9 x, @ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the * N0 Z, K' I5 J& \4 |
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; @3 J% [$ z6 {4 e8 w
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 2 _* }; @( m8 j0 f/ M# ]3 M9 U
little left to be of any use?" ( H" q' E F2 Y" t3 h% {! x; N- U
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
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bandages." ; O$ Z8 }. Q, H* A
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual - v+ e5 w6 N2 E* u! _1 F$ a1 C
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
4 f! F. d) }. e6 t* `! P0 X8 T "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" O( C& W8 y" W7 D) a% x" g over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to % K( X/ c# Q& e3 ^* _9 A
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to , L, H! v2 i% L- ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of $ |& r& \4 } }
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 I; M0 a* q# I3 N the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the / o* a& ?" d6 j. Q8 T
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
1 B& h) X( k. O2 F7 I "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
; a8 U8 q4 g- e7 i* q the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# @9 C2 _- T$ A( A- {2 X. f year they send us a complete dick." |
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