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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
3 R4 H' [% v. l+ |) I6 J* S audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
$ e/ G- A% R: a# T0 b books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* b; `+ p: O. S- y( R/ Q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too * R- e* U( t3 s
little left to be of any use?"
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; Z' l& |8 o) ]7 I4 K "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. S7 P* |- c+ K7 w) Z% ] the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 r* B9 J8 y# C+ u+ {8 P+ @( R
bandages." , I* {8 H. r$ A8 f+ ?7 c. I
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% g0 m0 v2 v h: q7 B9 N2 V! r question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ( @) k& c/ ? J. `4 t% m
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
6 a z0 k% ?- R' N$ z$ G over after setting a cast on a patient?" 0 J+ P' z0 K% q; ^
7 i2 b) i- l" Z6 j4 Q; l1 e "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ S6 q# t7 I5 u/ k! c% h
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to : k( i& m; _; C+ ~2 z4 y! {' b- g
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 4 ~, A2 L+ u3 A& G. ]+ d
plaster." 7 O. _# Y k2 u8 n$ \& ]
& T' ?9 s4 `* g5 `' f: }, H& | "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
+ U) i; t1 z- N8 `. @: i the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 q, C( n8 r2 N* p5 K, \
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( P+ R$ G$ ]( z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 P+ d1 {4 f% }; I the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! L7 {3 H; c/ `8 e9 Y3 q* Z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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