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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' R5 |5 W F7 {
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
7 t/ a) a5 A( L" `8 |" C. H; Z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, l* i- F# W. U8 ] lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" F& f5 Y, w7 p O$ @2 |/ r little left to be of any use?"
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' \% U' X n, i" R8 |2 J "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ) Y( l' _3 N$ N9 ~
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
+ i1 ]% i+ M1 `* ^( l U& ` bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
5 z/ l% m$ w3 S \; k& Y0 T question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. E2 z ]8 k; D2 B' f M "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 P# n( s. Z+ C. f. D1 [; a7 I
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 7 Y* C$ j' N4 t
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , t2 a7 T. ]/ k( s1 E5 a
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to / T# U& r0 X! P+ B' I# a
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of + @( S/ ?- n; K: O ~/ K
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster $ m$ r& |# x: P, G! A
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # F% U# g7 O- M1 O+ h+ _9 v, l
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - s& l7 ?' J$ Q0 J: n" b
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " ^6 h: n. J9 F
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
4 s4 i/ F1 U5 C* o3 ~ year they send us a complete dick." |
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