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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 d+ ]; H/ K/ b* B* Q" P" {9 D
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' d) Z* v" J5 z5 V$ M4 a4 V. D3 |
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# ~; l$ `2 r1 }2 H lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" j, @9 y0 W l2 Z' c* P little left to be of any use?" 6 _& m6 V; R5 R$ j
% q" e) @" M5 G6 N- u "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 d e1 D8 q m5 l the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual , |' Z2 B& _- \4 k" G" j2 G
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # I9 A/ {' N, k7 d7 W
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
5 X" k2 \& u2 i3 }0 E6 U* N over after setting a cast on a patient?" & y# l: M/ ?! q! I& r/ |
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , B! {9 T1 w6 x9 u
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to / _* ]1 o" Y6 V+ W U
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# U* p1 v' d$ a5 D. `% Y the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 ^' f b! N; h$ y! U leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( t0 l. ]' j: k! ~/ [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( ^& r C7 H8 T/ `* }/ E. m6 B' J% s4 L
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 0 g+ ^' G+ t& z) ] ?5 M
year they send us a complete dick." |
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