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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ) N& U8 w1 L" h4 J' }8 `. E- Y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ u& T% G3 E7 H) j books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a6 a/ o1 J9 B K5 v
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
A' T d4 O7 N% L5 m little left to be of any use?" " X: X! ?8 F: `- {& p
- ]6 b. s i- d; B "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ \& w5 b: p+ J4 n g8 Y/ q: _ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
8 s6 v, z/ N# i, ]+ v" }: F4 e bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
! ^, K k& w0 J5 ? question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % X! G3 Q" t# J: B& ]
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
5 r9 c4 D7 V/ f4 K- p3 I. m over after setting a cast on a patient?" # V* U1 @" d4 W1 U0 [, _6 T6 `
$ b# O' @7 `5 e5 Y "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
+ h. C; }, k+ V% r trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
, D1 ?8 }, V; ^ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
2 j; Y8 [( t* r9 [ plaster."
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: i! W% K5 h5 w+ t4 D6 D "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / s& Z6 f+ [* T/ e( A$ O0 l
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
( F' S2 p2 _2 q; R; ?2 _4 l& s9 D leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % @" L8 B; r2 J2 h4 T: E# L4 I9 e
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 V3 t: s0 p6 T" Y9 s/ N* k4 Y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. _# z1 ?; U/ m: b year they send us a complete dick." |
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