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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 1 E; Y* t: T' b' B' ]
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 Z9 b8 _& M- g$ l books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. {/ {, r) ]5 q7 @8 E( v7 ]
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
. w" B' n- j+ o& X) j little left to be of any use?"
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& J3 p' Q% a! ]/ m "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 }, S9 M/ \3 S3 S/ o6 F* t the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 Z O4 k3 n7 n P0 T7 b bandages." 3 N4 q( n5 e, E" h
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
* v( P: r! e1 S+ ~: N, P question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" F; C5 ?5 u! f6 L- \ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
' o, _- g% M" F( v" r7 ~! [ over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 o7 u% B4 X# x4 l
) Z- D k$ r& w "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 v' P. G. L" N% S( f/ Y: ?) E
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to / o& y$ C* C% e+ R9 H Q& Y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of # S1 f' h" x! }7 y) {3 O4 b
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ! w1 ], N7 t( c$ R( o, s: D
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 P9 Z2 D$ T5 i1 ?/ P. x, | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + e3 j+ e% e' p1 C3 C8 u
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- l- N' k) E) j/ L the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
0 U% M& B, a( X7 A7 B9 D$ } year they send us a complete dick." |
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