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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 W+ q1 }! S1 m4 `* Z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 t$ [ N* d8 M1 g9 Z6 Q! A books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( h& b8 Y7 i* L6 G
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 p7 b3 `. s* s
little left to be of any use?" , T0 e3 ]' N! V* @; }( f9 C
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 0 b$ w& Y: f W% h5 D5 V2 n& v1 f
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , w$ ?( S# C: R4 _4 d
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 t3 w: w: d8 ] I* B8 ~9 @
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. * i& y; o; e& d/ ]- M. x
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
& S. l) s$ i1 q5 I over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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7 M" { a8 s: z7 f% |( C "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - t$ u0 {% n$ Z" A, z
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 7 n$ [2 X5 G' W% l' ?
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 c! d1 S7 F- j plaster." ; v# t* F; x" p F3 S# g
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
+ N# i: ]5 _: K6 U! B6 V" l the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the / T( ]/ E' L& E3 _- [. V
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ; y' _6 Y" Z# ~+ g6 m
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
! L+ a3 T9 m6 V: y0 ` the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 [8 G( [; r) D! _& v year they send us a complete dick." |
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