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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ; P4 I( p8 Q( e( Z7 G) ^" x
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 y# G3 I1 W" P0 x* O
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 y9 b0 [2 L8 \ f! n5 R9 n2 I! o
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
% a$ T4 s, D7 ?; y! J 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 0 {2 b8 O' d+ V- G& B3 C, z1 m4 ^3 @) Z: P
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ; i( b1 k* j# l% t$ i0 q$ \# [% O9 T
bandages." ; l3 u l/ [0 A' E; L
0 `4 I! x/ D4 B, ~" }, Y, v* N+ H v* i0 ] "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 ^/ \* c W% c# l0 {5 q. {, e
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 |( k7 C* O. }7 ]2 j" p3 \
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 9 e7 |# N8 g" J
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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8 n1 F- a( D( F' }' [# R "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
7 `9 L3 b$ o; ]9 u6 @. b. S! |9 X trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
2 F- B, I% B! y0 H1 k3 M' Q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : i+ H7 M9 `. j
plaster." ) V ?8 d0 ?+ D4 J R% r. {
0 K/ x/ \- O/ x "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , Q1 E. P% D6 ^" u7 ^# p i# G
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
& t2 [: I7 \8 u! T1 j3 r. X! R leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ' q2 A1 h% n- H9 r; w4 L
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
0 e' m, V) z9 X0 U8 j the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
3 s" b9 A7 e( C8 { year they send us a complete dick." |
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