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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 |0 U+ p$ j3 v, x- y; X( k- \
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 N+ L ^; e8 T5 T/ A books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 I& K' z9 R; t8 r7 c3 q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 1 i2 A3 J1 |" `4 E" S9 N" e
little left to be of any use?" " S+ F& K5 n# s" E% \, {
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 R2 m8 U2 H( s' c) y0 R4 b the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ) I+ ^( _' N% l. F+ _$ ^
bandages." " t, q3 _" s) ]+ |% C; X, ^ n
7 s+ r5 w) f! J3 W "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & Z! C6 L O' a) Y1 U- C
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 G; e5 w/ ]8 T- R0 b "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ Z0 [# ^0 j% R: _. Z over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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7 |" M7 D: ?$ c& _* l, J "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / Y( a# c+ p7 h2 S( O) k" q9 ]
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) W2 X( P! y5 X* Z' [+ r
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
2 r$ y1 r' K* l/ P" d! i' o* I plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
! ?9 z7 q- [1 U6 } the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
, H0 S. q2 S3 x leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ; x7 r: }9 ^+ s1 g* h* x/ Q' o
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 q5 Q6 ~+ w! B2 h) J
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! g! E7 r2 @2 G. F0 I1 I2 m
year they send us a complete dick." |
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