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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to / I# y$ r- o5 P2 T
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ p( @/ M& X( T0 h: \ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 R( I0 f; g e& t8 d6 z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
6 d( T! Y% E1 [8 p$ W& ^7 V little left to be of any use?"
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% [ y6 y( K( O" x4 Q7 s! S "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
, |& F$ F& V7 p+ t* S/ l the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 ^% ]+ s& l2 L: C" r5 i* Q l" g
bandages." 9 a; V/ c- m3 [4 x8 |* G
' O0 ^1 i; ]( b; o L0 G& I "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
2 k2 V1 |' i# I+ s& N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 9 i$ {, M% T8 t b1 q
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ' C1 `% T% L7 M* D6 {/ R' b
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ' ^: r( v; T4 r7 k; g7 z
3 i+ b! r/ q) X' J "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
$ Y# ?2 z! U ]+ H trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 j4 T2 q! o4 ~$ m& q8 ~4 C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / {1 v; Q# Q' ^3 N- [! z6 `- t% t: T
plaster."
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% Z+ @& I* E, D& y% G% } "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
) J1 j$ @' E- k0 n: N% } the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 S+ h9 R- z: n( f6 S
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
9 m+ X+ w6 `/ O8 T" Q4 z2 t8 ]+ D "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
2 c- v+ j% i# M. S* t1 j" s" \6 P the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
' g9 R8 d0 y6 A5 S) V year they send us a complete dick." |
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