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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 i; D h( q8 c6 A& Q6 g% j* k
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 {0 k; @+ v& H* z% m
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! H) N( Y* h, e. K& Q3 q& r4 O lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 Z. o5 Q3 `' l& S2 X, _- K& e" h% b 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
4 b4 T" r( {4 Z) t! L3 R9 p9 b the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' e& z/ Y; ~- v) _- r, o
bandages."
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8 ]: K3 Q0 ^. Z "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 K. n/ R& u7 W- f) A ] question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
0 t# S( m+ x: C, A0 H "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # T7 P' g4 J6 ~7 m" e1 e& y
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ' \6 D' ], a' @ Z3 h- F* T: g; Z
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 R$ g/ A" ?/ A5 d8 _
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 8 N9 R4 G2 X9 a; z( b1 F
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ p6 O& D. e; @7 T9 N i" T the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 _' R! j$ A: q5 D( k! i- S leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
, K) z: i& u% c& ^4 h1 O0 s' p "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # {* u8 V0 q) A9 P
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
3 g2 V0 G$ M6 \# i year they send us a complete dick." |
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