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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 i9 Q2 D, r! A, c5 ^
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 I+ S W, x; a' y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a! ?5 z& m% E( O" m: m9 t, x
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
& P7 S: I: ]! _' N% y2 K. D0 H 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
- h) Z* g0 S0 F- o1 R& F the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
, P" ]7 z, c" _- y3 Q/ N bandages."
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; F" p, u- I; E( _ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 A& N' ]9 F; k c9 J
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % e) x3 U- S, M! G# N: i9 t7 j
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 Z/ ?! T. _& E$ J& k5 i( X% G+ o over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ j8 |6 R+ n' T& [/ d3 }1 U
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 0 c4 ]( V8 o* k. x( }. o: S
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
: l# `6 W. V2 n! O" y plaster."
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" o2 ~$ m3 F4 u5 ^& \9 I1 C; ~ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + L: W4 k5 I6 e2 `0 d9 J3 K7 c' q, U' E
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
$ }. a6 H& v# K; x& b leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 x# {$ T l! d& v. E
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
4 u+ a j h3 _# j5 K" D the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
% h+ v; h2 N8 s7 H year they send us a complete dick." |
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