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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
5 z. p" e3 T7 u1 ?; k audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ x1 p+ Q( t& n* B0 v books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; K* }# e# r* r. H2 d* m2 X9 S
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ) ?1 v, h/ Z) g8 f: e# i& G
little left to be of any use?"
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. r4 \' s. t% g4 v/ E "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
_5 X3 A3 d4 u( e' S( d the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 i1 K" z3 m# ^7 J. |' h
bandages." / b" h- Y4 L0 I/ K) l' j9 p
! Y% O2 k9 N' u$ B "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% x8 y% S) S: u- l+ R" G2 J question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 4 b8 Z3 P; d$ `. c/ i
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
( z5 O b' e& U5 D! a over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 |# E2 C5 a: S+ e& z& v9 q
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ( Y( R9 C0 E/ C! B: x, r1 Z! x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % w* Y8 [0 y9 {6 @ _( c& S
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
: Q8 C% a0 j4 y; q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
) {+ u" }7 q- X leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% m0 N8 E6 r4 H! n* ^. D "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. Z0 [$ g4 O8 W0 S the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ e6 v6 a8 u' [
year they send us a complete dick." |
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