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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : t5 k% @2 ]9 f; n6 q" T
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ A7 I2 a3 a- ?9 ?2 L( [ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
6 _% d6 }/ N% m1 D8 ]# F lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# y3 C0 G! W+ ^: L little left to be of any use?" 5 H6 u. h; X e
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! h: O, i' `0 c. O& T: T2 ]2 g 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
8 y* z5 q. w' C9 N# r question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
d' X# D$ X4 l2 s5 x0 ^& ? "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
3 Q( n1 L' e3 {+ [* o over after setting a cast on a patient?" # f$ i F0 B' ^ h4 U9 N* m
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 E+ n5 M7 e: t& A" x' n
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
* D- p6 o* A/ G0 [ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
7 {( S& `. \$ ]& S plaster."
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: I/ B" D! Z8 i+ V& j6 | "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# r$ f! v* x5 l4 \* ^ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the - b, k+ y' W6 L* c% |( P& j1 s
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" * q6 U0 R D n8 P/ V5 ?! s
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; _; b9 N- S- Z: S+ _- T+ X; {
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 R1 g4 ?0 V! d- l9 p, g
year they send us a complete dick." |
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