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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 0 U3 a9 c7 K9 Z* p N7 R6 i
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 8 U, J# F h- _- r
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 s4 k6 F, A$ L7 x$ n4 W6 |" ^
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 {# [3 n# p+ D# O5 u- f8 Z little left to be of any use?"
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6 f5 o5 V3 }2 {' M. R7 {5 i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * B# @' j3 A T7 r1 b9 E; n
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ( u+ L( Z4 r" [* D* [1 ~
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
+ b7 G5 H% Q% B5 P# U/ d question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # X; U; q5 O' G# ]- M( t4 P
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
5 q. W$ L- ]# v$ @ over after setting a cast on a patient?" ' o2 e) P# @) m
' J2 x8 h ~8 |% n+ U7 n! @ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 g. }" I4 f- N1 ^ J1 j& }7 Q I, B trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; V7 u/ F' ?2 e! j the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 j. t; T+ n% Q6 a8 O! S plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 |# I, V( z$ |1 [4 |" M
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. C- K$ D2 p: }/ K- O; @ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
2 W3 ~: h* W" x. {& @' I8 J" a "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all A0 \0 _% X6 q0 {" U$ _9 m
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 3 o! J O( g# u$ p6 r6 z4 J
year they send us a complete dick." |
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