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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ( t' g+ J. ]7 ~1 Y/ O
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 Q- U- ]; r! g4 R books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 Q( Z' \ r& S8 P, N4 O lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ) d( r+ o6 Z+ 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 : N+ {7 j6 m4 F9 M+ ?4 a& |
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
. L+ _/ p3 @7 X: {2 c. a9 V& y- h3 S bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
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"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 9 E) Z" G2 [; L7 B1 e$ {
over after setting a cast on a patient?" " L2 i/ t# ^8 j4 o7 o$ o& R: M
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 z; @% w! N, C7 G
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to . v1 Z* {+ w$ Q l3 ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! p' c. v8 l" ?# R
plaster." ( l- }$ m% B) e% g7 p" w6 `
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 ~: e7 i; I) u4 ~) L! A/ p! X# \
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
) V9 n F+ T6 q2 L/ y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & D( O9 U! }! g% |) l* { a" J5 Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 O) S+ [1 @) Q$ o- G# m( \ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a " `4 V1 l/ X( ]0 r! }
year they send us a complete dick." |
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