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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
! }7 e3 }: ^" G) c0 X6 g audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # D( L3 B8 P. f* Z. A5 r( U* @
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; q9 t8 F- N: Q( w0 q3 l
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 f/ c" V" F. O' y6 F7 F little left to be of any use?" # A* } c+ f7 F" `/ k2 }, ^5 v
% W/ U+ q6 J+ Q7 X/ Z/ |! ~" Q' o "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
9 Z1 f& ^% P8 u" n1 c, U% Q the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of * g7 `+ p" i+ Y. C9 ^
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : x* _$ v9 l( W
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
: q( r- ^' m% D1 z) G "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % q1 L3 s. r% N8 Z* W5 P
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
; V/ N6 {8 q! w8 t trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 9 i! G7 K: \! ?/ Q: p: y+ f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! K% H+ J/ T' C; b( F! I
plaster."
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% f) \7 ?: Z6 ]. k* Q* l "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ( }1 T& B) S" F3 P, L$ m. v
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
- t5 C7 R6 ]8 F$ U" { leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
' `# B2 O+ @2 X8 F4 `! t% F "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
' g$ ^1 h; h6 V9 z1 H6 \ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a # y" M% @4 e# l# a4 a
year they send us a complete dick." |
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