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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ) g" y" Q8 U* z4 j5 [; c
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
- b& @3 ?0 C! T) e books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a8 x. L/ K% B* m6 Q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# y( e4 c* D8 w8 v little left to be of any use?"
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$ U% a5 J: M7 S$ J$ y5 \& |+ U( p "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * Q) N! c7 F7 Q% O( u
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
" v) e: }* G3 v3 U bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
5 n1 B' C4 m, |' x7 x* s: | question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # m; N3 [+ Q4 a! z6 v
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
0 U& |& i4 `; o/ e' ~' b) N0 M over after setting a cast on a patient?" & P! C% z) q# }
5 t( {, e! K+ Q2 h6 o3 E6 {9 d "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 w- Y- ]5 K" Y7 ~$ |9 @/ d9 x trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
4 C; u9 {1 ^2 i4 I the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - K% H; n" l" P' B% X
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
) | O2 i) f6 i- i3 J! Y( A the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
: z1 ^# }' \& G6 @6 C) W+ U leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
0 j7 n+ P" t: k" Y "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
# v9 [6 t7 i$ ?- B/ U. C; }. O the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 1 G; o8 [$ W, X( S" H( N- X* v( S
year they send us a complete dick." |
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