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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ; l- T6 ~! R. |
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 Z$ y/ L! B" R& j; ^5 q+ ?$ [
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; u, V; c! B) o; M: t1 `5 F) O
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 q, u0 e! I1 J1 C$ f' d little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
; y7 N. Z# ?& V9 S1 ^( \( m the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
8 n6 X# f" A- W bandages." 6 t9 d5 I0 k# J# O& X; ^
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 }+ {6 f& [! V3 M$ L& D% | question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
% O/ B0 t d' F1 Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % V Z& R( n q& {
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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) w M* S) }* W( ~0 T! [ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. A! s- o+ _, b trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
! t( C( A, b4 ?8 O; Y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ; q$ l/ i/ a: O1 Q- H
plaster." 9 j j7 _/ W& q6 g) B# |% Y1 j
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " t/ a! z* D% k) L# [
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 o( M% ^. `2 O: ? | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" t% \# `' A8 n
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . {. {2 D+ a/ F3 U2 [; h
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- t' ^5 c7 n) R; o6 _8 J# W2 u, S year they send us a complete dick." |
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