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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to A- l4 s+ o5 f" T: [
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
% h1 r( j" ]/ { books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! c2 |7 A+ Z1 C6 F lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
) O4 r5 R6 \8 F/ w little left to be of any use?"
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$ J8 n) G$ E# _ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to " J( F, ~3 u5 ^4 }" o5 f! g$ r3 q R
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
/ V6 M5 A5 C, U% W8 W- T7 M& b bandages."
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+ i. F$ p& B# b. v9 r/ _ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
6 m8 g9 p- R3 p, T question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) {8 S( c( A( ^: ^8 a6 V! c5 G/ n
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 O' L8 X, _% N$ r over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 3 o, u. f2 E# v! R1 ^6 x6 f' a0 e* z
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 9 ?* n5 o4 o! U% g" t: n' A1 K
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 5 {2 X! x- X" L; T/ _: h
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" X" N9 r! H5 e( S" z" M' m. G. i4 g leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : X! J, k5 D* q8 Z9 m ]! h, M
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all c6 v( @! k6 y: J' {: \! E
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 P) ?3 r; a- g/ X4 g( b year they send us a complete dick." |
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