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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 0 Y1 L( G4 f- k0 t7 f6 k
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" h& M$ z7 c, `' Y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' Q# p3 T' l# M
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
9 [6 W! a. N+ o1 o% S8 T 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 " R% J# R# R: v! I% P
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of - W) e$ I2 m8 V0 f- p
bandages." " c+ {$ y% k9 Q6 F! G" U& Y
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 f; Z! q" v, h4 Y; [ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 Q* p4 v+ E) t4 K
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
; I8 z/ E$ M. A. U% ]3 p. s over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) Y8 W) g: y3 H9 h
" w7 A- K% \- M" p+ Q2 g& D3 W+ ] "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( W: R% x0 H3 ^( T! L trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# F+ j, [/ H$ i the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 A2 R( F5 J1 g t
plaster."
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7 m3 o! q( M8 K& T" O) o% F. F4 c "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
~: K0 F% T, ^/ Y the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
* M* Y0 |2 W. P: j% } leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" * T4 E4 k9 U2 i" k$ t* C/ D4 I4 _2 ~
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: i* k! O! l9 Q" M( R5 g# K5 J the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
4 D1 b7 g- v* z& x6 \1 U) N" q year they send us a complete dick." |
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