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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " q1 t) f, J+ K* b+ q- x
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the $ C! [! O v0 j8 x
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! s2 @, O T6 n# x9 K lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
6 T6 Q6 y7 N3 ~6 V% @% u% x+ K* S 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 # K9 J9 F! V0 N; J, Z& I
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 |& u& V% Q& d" m# ]
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: I" Q) h* d% g+ v0 ^ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 q4 @$ F$ S& o% {: O4 p
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 @: I8 w( |% m7 A l4 q+ G6 t over after setting a cast on a patient?" 8 Q6 ? K/ N! B6 x4 f" ~" b# ]
9 y% d, N6 f1 z/ y9 x# s: U. S; } "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
0 S/ X9 T% ~, t+ G) m/ } trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 b& f* d: t3 ]+ a1 _: T9 [3 ?6 K
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
$ d! `' y; T( a# r9 l plaster." 1 C0 @, o j( ^5 d0 U$ n
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 h0 i) o# x% K8 C; V) H' s the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 V- i0 ?) s5 a
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
: n$ Q4 w; A' ? "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all * J3 d% ~1 O( Q# g9 l
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ R1 |! V( `2 p! v year they send us a complete dick." |
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