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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
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; g2 v# I, C: k; `$ o: g books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a E# f7 {) p, x, n9 F
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ Z$ ^- w' Y2 m+ S9 q0 I6 P 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
: ]! v0 m7 g5 a9 ~, x the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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$ w- J) }0 B% D5 p3 @ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 X) j& X- z$ m
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 8 Q2 `, P/ M* q
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 V) a4 k( d) C1 ]$ p# j, V over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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4 N0 B. h# S" Z$ ?) r, a "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to : R1 _( ]( t, l4 O
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 n4 G" m$ |. @( N$ F" H! Q0 W the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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, m1 s9 o0 r' u "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
, u2 t! K* U: y" e- t" ~* l the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
' Q m; M l$ b( A3 C! v4 a leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . C1 O* P0 i6 J) s( f0 Q7 Z$ Q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " n- A& G3 J8 ^* h0 t, X
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ B+ e! Z4 D" E: ~" {# a8 A year they send us a complete dick." |
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