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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
1 m6 G$ e9 ]! a( {3 T# B audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ) N* q$ W2 ]- f( W8 \/ [
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
5 Q; e9 ` t4 E6 t lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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( E) _: N0 ]; k J$ Z' j* a' H6 Z "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 9 x* N6 f- h- h, V Q
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 m6 H! e2 ^- u0 V
bandages." 6 R' V0 W0 D' a# ^% c
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
; i6 K; ]% i- b8 _# T; ^! \: z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 2 p) |+ u9 b2 y) d' T5 g6 K- T
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left + W" k: D' [& u
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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$ B0 i" ]/ E4 X( U$ z; W, G "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. ]0 a! n1 e( V/ ^0 O4 b8 i0 f trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to : x. e4 m( @) `
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / v$ ?) }: t. f1 |4 R1 ~
plaster." & b. z* C: G3 J. a/ G/ f8 d4 b
" F7 N( S( a% c "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
5 t9 y7 Y* b3 ?4 _: [ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 T; L( k& u6 D- [: i3 V# S leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) B8 x' @; z# l9 ~' a, V
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( C5 p+ P! Y! T! m9 M
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
' Y# ^$ [* q3 D year they send us a complete dick." |
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