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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
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% A* ]3 V. N9 }/ d! Q books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" T% d; ?1 a; \
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ |8 y# A1 {0 S: U( n+ N little left to be of any use?" ; h( V2 |2 E; J8 ]1 x p
' Q% b! ^$ |8 D+ A0 w "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
; B3 K% ^$ x6 V# v3 _4 v the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( Z' A( A- i4 E( \) F: ?
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" ]9 w" B: X) z, ]2 g "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 W0 E1 N- x% G: U5 o
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 B t% z9 ~* M# o' P9 m
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 o9 c# [7 T3 d( a @6 E5 g: [) {3 w trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# T% T% }% x B: n$ x% \ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 U' ]% {: s: ^6 _
plaster."
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p2 j) {' l# O5 X. a "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ) M# w$ s/ l; x8 x# V
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
) E9 T2 ]7 G' i leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 t6 `: y" f7 ?, V "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: K8 m: D# w! B2 k the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a # Z" k( c5 }8 h$ e/ _
year they send us a complete dick." |
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