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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # k F1 n8 Q3 F( U& k, D, @* _
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 b1 f5 `. c! `" i3 B: x( v
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' y: T2 J; Y: C5 P7 K
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 ^. j5 k. \0 ? N$ D7 ~ little left to be of any use?"
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& ` f% i. s. n "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 t f' M6 q$ ]$ o4 ] the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % `( F; N& v" t% T: R
bandages."
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- Y* x" j) y: R( t. y "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ; U5 J0 T; T5 G
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. $ ~- V' d2 L3 k' _' W2 N
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 {, T K$ L0 i
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 ?# w1 Q0 K! i* V6 @, G
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
3 q6 e! \, A R9 V" z1 X6 P the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 r& i' C' r8 a; _2 G/ N# L# n" |
plaster."
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6 Y6 q8 I+ ~0 g" t# w* c- V% n "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 F# J* s5 V3 } the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! {) N4 B- {. T$ r6 b9 W
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
+ E' K( X/ {: v, z- _ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 p: U6 t5 l9 ?) W# k the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. ]1 y! M1 l' V+ P' @3 A: w, V4 }$ j year they send us a complete dick." |
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