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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' v$ ]6 G% o C. V3 g, H: \# z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the . V; h8 z5 `& @1 [7 o, i
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
( _) _( n$ e' c) ?; i: l lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too # j S3 ~! S& L& h8 E
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to : t5 n8 `+ D b" w1 w
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
3 o. r7 i- i; a bandages."
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! [5 P' X/ f4 ^" M* J; u& H "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 m' U+ I) Q4 ?, h
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , f0 V: ^5 ^- ^# s- `0 W
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left * Q$ S; [" R6 K$ f$ y8 a a
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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% C! Y3 E R' t# C* T5 f& N$ O1 } "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 ~' l3 f, s# X! t3 r2 T
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: i8 B8 h! N7 g6 r5 K; {* i 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 , [' U+ H8 |7 Q# X* k" p8 u
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 f0 } O* e9 T- _
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
; E9 t& J6 c6 w& `* z "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
' ^- z3 D( @9 R) u. d the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( @& V G% X6 h# H year they send us a complete dick." |
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