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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
* M$ G3 U$ e7 H. V/ V2 \& E audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 Q5 e6 |2 b5 T9 I0 ?. @ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 ~) |* W/ D* v. e- R; b
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too & r5 f# z# V4 |: y4 @) v
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 3 A% h" f' E# W4 |/ Z1 H
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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; k1 A9 m8 X3 a* Y% N "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 z' s/ F+ X% \+ N* u, V question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 J1 F7 Q* T/ N, ~9 z. f1 j "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ; b* ^$ V6 |% u5 `# `% r5 H8 k
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 w" h N& E7 k8 G$ P/ H. L
( e) P" i3 x- k% V# n6 ^& L* m0 V "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
) z$ ?6 H* [, ~9 \# l6 n, V trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 1 F/ C1 F0 ^& [7 ~9 b7 V
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 8 q7 _2 P; J0 q' W7 a* z$ R
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 3 C! ^7 q) `$ L! H
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : _" n8 r ~5 C
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 E9 l$ V6 N/ D2 K9 h/ K the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ @' L" ]. @" G2 Z5 P
year they send us a complete dick." |
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