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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to & G$ ~8 u# i& l& q5 Q) ^7 w
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 c6 N; s2 H, f2 n4 W: G* e' r& B' {
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a+ |# H+ s! F: c
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . N k5 ~0 D2 b) }5 \) s
little left to be of any use?" ) Y o+ P! q5 G5 ~" S2 H
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 4 R S5 j$ F# U; S
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 n- O2 W. C7 }$ T9 I. o bandages." 8 N: h, N/ Z5 J( e0 ]6 s T" c
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 m( N6 U* d# @6 r; d& w3 l2 T question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 X& f! A! i3 Y- t3 u* q7 L+ l- o$ j
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
# h1 }1 N* A$ |4 I& } over after setting a cast on a patient?" 1 K/ I' Q; m& V
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
, x2 d& b( B9 ^4 V& Q+ P; B- \& o trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to a+ D5 Z2 Y6 p# W. f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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2 A8 E. ^" K4 M j) a& F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 s4 |5 p' a: o/ U7 w the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ( ^" |; _4 }$ P* {3 x) Q
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% v, U' G+ \9 M( M- k5 j: o6 S "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
% e, \! b, S- `( v7 |# E! r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 8 L3 A2 [. D# E7 i# L- K
year they send us a complete dick." |
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