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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ; a) Y5 W6 I% s6 z. B/ U
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 1 X K7 g; }7 V6 r5 v" [; Q
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a: \- {. R$ ]" ^9 U* F' w
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too , m+ Y+ I4 m2 b7 p4 G( M3 I
little left to be of any use?" * n4 a9 i& U8 ~( }
& ^% J1 G1 s! \. x "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to " N# t, X M: C/ T! E# n
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # j6 t# n( O, N/ j
bandages." ) N# Y) ~- k* ~2 D3 w1 q b
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual $ H* o5 G* z0 T. w% B+ {. |
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" \; g4 b! C3 F "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 N' E Q& `# ]: u6 d over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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1 H. J# \( q$ F2 R "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; k) g% i% J' R" X/ @
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ; ~8 x/ U% }" G! D
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 " ]; ~) v9 c3 y3 _
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 5 J) H4 I b3 }+ |) H
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 y* {- a5 \2 t& g1 k9 S6 s8 `) t
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
, S; c9 L0 O9 K# p1 Q& ^. l7 \ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ @* k+ o. y! j year they send us a complete dick." |
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