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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 ^7 r8 w4 q, _ X& u a$ l" _7 W
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 y& a: l' a. u6 p: _( u. }6 T" E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a# C" [( R" G& s
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( a0 t8 [( O$ v/ k little left to be of any use?" 3 u& j0 Y# T8 i/ v+ h( w
V, P; z7 D- r4 ~& r9 r "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
/ v- `/ @7 b, M: Q7 Y the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / ?7 w# B* ~8 }0 b/ a
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual $ H2 j; ?" m v- C$ Z$ w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + M; K, }& t+ I
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left V5 a/ s) g. Y1 z
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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6 V" R2 T g+ V2 T "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 ?: I/ d6 h+ L N$ l
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ B9 N2 t2 \, d the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 B( g! f& |# c5 r+ I
plaster."
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- W. n# t0 H8 N' C) ~7 Y "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 W" B2 E' v. v7 g( o* a
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ( ], v% ~. G1 Z) c$ U
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
; T% @2 H! j' I( o$ {2 M "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 X) x% A/ ?: R7 F- P% @9 Q the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ; P& d) r$ _ x. y
year they send us a complete dick." |
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