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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
, r8 w: x! q4 P, `, P audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the : e) V' w4 `1 z3 O7 q* W3 X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
7 W" q& j, M7 ?, A; L* ]8 z( o lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
w5 V3 U% l2 e c little left to be of any use?"
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- g: r9 E) g1 U5 }& Q# g "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + `7 J% ~% l) r& J5 A
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 6 v4 L! k$ T+ P! x4 \0 y. j$ d
bandages." # g1 w8 B. G% N
" R Y* ] T, ?) E+ i* w2 ^, Q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual . K/ Y2 Y; ]' i& R7 B
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 o* W, `2 N# S0 g "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) d% j7 ~& i* p n0 e2 _ D; l
over after setting a cast on a patient?" B& ~) d. U. D& m8 ~
2 T/ ~- z' q! N0 @$ k "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
; W( g2 p) [' T7 H2 H0 j, ` trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 E: R6 Z- {4 U; _: s. Z( [! z& U the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 ]& R7 Z ~; U C: d4 `, B1 O
plaster."
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$ P2 T7 g H* X% { C9 y "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 H0 i+ e1 y7 t/ t8 C the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% l2 x6 x: t( U5 V: [7 c leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 B5 Y& E/ Q% E6 O! |$ J9 { h
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
9 ]- ~! ^; Q* z+ {& x- p4 ~8 P the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* a2 D5 K2 q" o" @, I, C year they send us a complete dick." |
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