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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 0 \2 r( a+ V$ `# t& I! p
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 8 h! }, o2 A7 j2 j- o) C; _
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
. w' |; I6 \# `3 \ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# _+ B8 h+ Y# e: e! C) i0 t little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
/ j1 ?9 r E, }+ p3 P7 M* V the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
6 S& A# e; S& W7 r2 [5 Q bandages."
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; |' s2 R* D$ O$ S! J8 R. n "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& {7 j. ]% x/ j+ ^2 K# q. D question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 L/ N6 K, W/ P "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 t$ t) t0 s+ D* x1 B# k
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
) N) m P6 Y; [* I% v trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 0 o& S4 c1 L ~* z5 N4 T7 H
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 ~/ ~* {4 W- l" h plaster."
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( ?$ i, U4 q- ]' R$ D "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 Q/ e5 [0 m- E! _. K
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ( s# a5 ]. v h7 g4 n
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
7 C( G1 `: E! d0 j3 P. u* R "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( q; a U5 _0 f( h, Z the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- v' z/ k+ r7 ] ^4 R. W" l3 I' n year they send us a complete dick." |
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