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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % U( \7 o$ b7 z8 n$ q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
% N1 T6 B5 c- V7 t8 b% J books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
; _1 E, G2 e9 X; A5 o0 ~ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
6 f4 d2 M+ K! c/ P little left to be of any use?" 5 G4 ?. h9 L: K$ A* l! p0 q; m7 ~' W
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * p8 [' ~/ H) g- R. o% @" ?
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
5 M1 H" _6 `9 Q4 G* y4 [ bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
1 h# J2 C7 Z' [+ [# k | question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- ?! K' L: F c( C) J$ o D, ? "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 _0 c3 B: j, B4 j
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
# M0 f# k9 n0 @% D; j& v- Q0 W trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to : {/ y" D" q5 W! B( n. N
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 t6 A6 G! F! ?9 W' J9 d9 W
plaster."
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4 B& \8 s2 Y7 c$ t "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + c/ s+ E- y6 f
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 r1 d, B9 U e/ ` leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
' I" K! R/ P8 T* V "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 v3 ~, L, Y; u" T% e7 R" u0 g the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
) j5 I" c5 a6 i6 v; K year they send us a complete dick." |
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