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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to - N4 u5 l) V) K
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ) A6 w4 {0 W8 W1 G" V
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a& ]4 R0 R3 Q9 N# T* L
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' g: Z* e, F8 N% ]$ A 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
' O) b& i( ?$ K- V& X, \ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 q0 j3 d& n$ g# Y3 i* ` bandages."
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0 k9 U& u- H9 i4 m9 T( Z$ y+ ~ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual * t9 u2 }) ^& p$ x9 Q* g% S
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
+ S Z; K. A1 P# b0 G" r "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # z1 H' I. W9 D; C; c5 g7 y& T
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to S5 Y- a, U3 Z6 _/ F
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 3 T+ E! z; I7 y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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7 ]5 e9 B) C$ Q& x "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
5 j& ?* u0 C3 v1 i$ t' L. P the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
6 H" ]; g/ X7 O9 ^1 h leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
- T* I" h2 b7 B% X. l. S) d; f "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 }7 i5 ?% ^/ z* f+ _1 u the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 l, x4 A) W+ }) P9 F, h
year they send us a complete dick." |
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