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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 l, ~' O( D8 c+ ~1 `0 q% C$ O
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - {* g7 s! d% V, r" p% Y/ U( J: W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a$ V% A: r1 O6 ?! G, }& L3 \
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
@" v" g- B7 h& F little left to be of any use?" 4 |+ o. w8 X- d
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ' I- K4 |. v* Q6 v; |0 {8 [9 ~/ h
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 8 R: {8 ]7 ^3 n3 Y6 N6 R
bandages." ! _) d5 H3 l1 T, j# H3 W- \
. E+ f. q. E, c) U! g "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 q& T7 G& X" A( m; p1 Y. l question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ p. b8 U0 E* u2 [ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
0 l8 F8 B6 v7 [5 p over after setting a cast on a patient?" 9 G# g8 R- t1 l+ A0 l. t
* U* M l$ k$ |8 H _3 P4 u% b "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 `7 g0 ]8 i! c! |& k: J7 d- j
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + n1 O( f$ k7 [# }: ]" h' K
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
$ B0 I2 t% X6 g w+ Q plaster."
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/ E& |7 X) R& V( \7 G- _0 y: t0 ^ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
5 N$ G2 n) B/ \! E' n7 P& j+ i( g the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
! K9 _0 \8 O8 q( i$ g, k" O" V: c leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 ^- w @7 z2 Z- b- g" c
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
$ } X0 b, ]4 i& T the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 V1 c( K: c6 d. U4 z8 e0 ]9 }
year they send us a complete dick." |
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