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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 1 s. B2 x& j* G5 t. A0 y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 ^7 y& p3 W9 z1 K1 @ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ N8 _7 y& J" X0 @) V. q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too / P- Y( O8 [) @0 k
little left to be of any use?" & F0 G0 ?/ [+ J. G" v3 x
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
, }2 @% P% P0 @3 s, ^* c the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 x7 ~: n% H* u1 R% n bandages." % ~! r* W7 `" `. P; z, c
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & l* C3 G8 A& G: y& y
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; c7 _4 u0 p2 o1 E
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
- H8 ^# ?0 P% f. Q, V over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 c# \8 n0 f1 J) i1 e
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 U% \0 X5 J% f- s
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to - |/ s: r: h e0 y7 `" s) c6 r
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 X; ~' R% ^; N+ x& t the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
0 ~' t6 s9 @- x/ y$ b leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
2 A$ V4 ^5 k. V; {2 a Q "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. b9 g0 M1 e7 M9 s0 Y3 \4 f the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ~ S. A: W- t! k4 y
year they send us a complete dick." |
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