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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 m8 O$ W. g! Y% x9 n
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
( M: f4 X5 M" s6 t2 } books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 S9 p6 _- q8 i6 `- u
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too % I$ U1 f" ^& Y9 p0 q9 S
little left to be of any use?" 6 y" `/ T6 l4 `# t5 ]- ?4 P
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 7 b( J. V+ ]# @3 n0 l y6 m' d- X
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
; f; s: c* n* o) {1 @+ ^ bandages."
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" }! M2 `% c8 m7 T& ]8 _4 `% z2 ~ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual % ?2 o& ]+ a } c+ ]
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
& y2 K' S# k' g "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" x7 X5 t+ ~% H) } over after setting a cast on a patient?" : w+ y9 P, R4 O" `7 |. C
( [5 D4 w, i/ Q2 a "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 Y8 v9 T, }) c! L* D! ~: K
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to * r# H! h6 E/ Q, D4 k3 \
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 ) R* B0 k2 }" [" l
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
0 }8 X7 \" k' f) g# v0 J+ u% R) B/ v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* c5 D2 ^, p: \8 A! B& Y+ R0 ` "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # ], @9 Y( v+ B) u" B
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 R G7 _( N) J year they send us a complete dick." |
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