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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
4 h2 g2 R, I/ y9 L& n audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 8 o: |+ F8 K* u7 V9 [# j2 i" C" P* l
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 ^" e7 O1 Y: U& T0 ]
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too & T! w1 `; h# C
little left to be of any use?" $ H3 _5 j- c. v: a& [7 p
7 _. y8 f$ T& n5 u/ d0 J! s. S "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 1 R, U6 Z$ i5 C- h8 ^5 p
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of o8 @' s. N! W; y* d8 G9 _6 V
bandages."
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5 V0 `) k+ _+ [" ?, l8 }1 m3 z "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' |, L- [4 f# c! G2 e
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 5 M3 `- S# K) ^7 w
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 2 |' W6 J3 d% L' x+ a5 c
over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ Y( a5 z+ T) W6 m W5 {; a
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% `( w0 m. G9 v, E9 W trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + i5 y8 ?7 _: [: ?
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! P) G% D' J1 K- b5 k3 R
plaster." ! [2 }1 o, s. L& }3 ^6 ~
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
4 ^( f0 }9 D0 S { the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 G8 q0 m8 a% b% e leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & q# u- o7 g, f* w. t
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 7 E3 q1 H) Y! Y: h: I
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a / X1 b( g$ `3 X2 J1 F
year they send us a complete dick." |
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