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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
U/ n; R& i" S! x audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # S' A) o* N U$ a- ]( i
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( b6 O" v" A, h; U* \5 d
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too + i7 ` Q6 q/ i+ _* r: @8 R8 \
little left to be of any use?" 0 f8 z4 m( {8 i1 `' a2 C
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 f+ t2 y( `2 b' b- `8 n- t the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ) S( c- F8 k6 z, @% I1 R* h; Q6 Y
bandages." : T g+ Z' H& Y$ L/ r9 h5 G
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
) t4 e6 b1 a& x* x- V question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 2 {$ }! V2 n0 y' _7 f
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
( y4 k( {. b1 ~, y+ ~: s) { over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 G) ^1 E( d; B# }4 @
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 0 E# w8 q5 z2 q$ y% R
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of R' v9 H3 x: _$ u( ]8 i
plaster." " ]4 d# Y% G9 _4 N6 D/ v
$ ~! u: o; R8 R "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 ~, M+ \) {' E# q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 _5 P1 n& Z/ n. q) c leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 r2 i3 a9 @, E, }' Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
+ Y# k) V: a5 a; x$ C the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 s$ \7 F: O& A) w1 T year they send us a complete dick." |
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