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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ) j! W# v" [9 c4 q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - S8 ?4 ~, d/ C: U' N
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
* _, i6 @' q( x* x5 w5 U$ W) C3 D( } lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too # h S: P7 C$ l; X/ T: c
little left to be of any use?" 9 E, @' O, r5 b$ [7 g
+ Q2 X0 K# w, L8 L "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 A4 L5 n% M8 l2 A4 h4 _: M the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' Y4 y2 |) v) H; U! i. ?- X
bandages." # X0 f$ H6 R. _2 |# n/ o; m
9 R1 T7 ^* z' [9 e "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual . d8 {2 n. E" o9 [& W5 |
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
! V/ L5 m0 w3 X0 @6 T' a# e "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 0 `$ `, t9 P- H) z9 u! f" I. b
over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ r/ G% k: j& G6 D* D3 |4 Z
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 d9 O$ j* R- N trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
+ z( z4 v6 `- X+ ~1 J the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
- P0 X1 ]: N' O plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: ~. d( @' v. A- a5 Y the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 M. x1 e t4 {( V7 q' b9 T2 N leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
( h% Q$ }! z# @+ S5 H, ?- K "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 9 c6 c5 Y- e+ _
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 1 k1 v0 Y- g' e& l1 o
year they send us a complete dick." |
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