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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 l: k$ s: X$ Z; k9 I+ |$ j: m
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 _6 F Y* J5 L3 @ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a% M) k$ {0 O" A/ y, [
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 ^( }/ k. d7 o$ k, O& n& G 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
, A, M- m# o- |* Y the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 T# C. \' z' f' }" q5 g5 h* }
bandages."
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% h/ j* B4 z) |$ k0 C "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: K J" c {" `) w( q8 U question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 G" g0 O* _/ {5 g( x "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ D* z) q2 [- _) P4 N- U% J over after setting a cast on a patient?" " r: t ^: f" _1 V q E4 O
O& Q1 ?/ `) U# Q7 L) }. ~. b "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
, q9 _2 @. A! J* V/ A trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " ?$ Q/ V; i! c
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of . R0 A, I9 ~% H$ w6 F$ P
plaster." 9 b! a5 `. x' V$ |3 ^
* N) h" _9 S- t" E0 W2 F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
5 d8 m- w( M& \: I- I/ _9 W& w the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ?; O$ {& `, |4 T0 a6 I# |5 j \
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
" Q. m2 g8 Q6 O1 l0 n j "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " m- t3 ~: N% e+ m
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 v4 }: X. {& R2 A' V I year they send us a complete dick." |
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