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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 e0 C1 y6 x- w% H7 f/ S
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 \0 X% F. n$ |6 x I books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( d+ X- _$ b& ~# D4 x7 K/ I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too v: g4 c3 A' u9 O
little left to be of any use?" ( G. y6 I, q) }2 }
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to . |) k3 e+ C" k
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 \" ~3 ~/ o2 j% r: f
bandages." + L* H: m, E5 y# ^( ]
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 S9 k3 R8 }5 U
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ( f) c P( p5 M- P
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left $ Z2 D8 \. u; C$ P7 s P5 {) W' W
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 2 j, Z& C( T6 _- F x7 W' Y3 y
& j2 G `+ H* A) @) K! O% I" c& _ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 K4 D7 A5 X" w8 K1 n% a$ @' ` trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " l: P8 ?+ x& o
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
) v- w7 H2 a, k: g7 A the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 j' U) q' ]) i* S2 g
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" $ u) \( x: }7 ?. j8 M: a
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
, B# Q7 u. Y* {0 j6 R1 O the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- l; }6 _/ G: }9 w: Z year they send us a complete dick." |
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