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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . {$ K4 k2 p" {9 B
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the . {3 A# k8 `) o5 W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 Z: S$ U ?2 ^' F9 `) e4 c
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too % }# J6 K2 S7 ?& R
little left to be of any use?" 5 _( p- b$ C$ J$ A" {0 J2 T" h5 e
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 I* |# y5 G% F( l; G7 S( { the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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, i* v6 B: l. Q: I, j L) n( m "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
+ D$ h& z5 Z5 X; H) q! c# t question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ( e9 V4 j% n! v: u0 y) @
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% u* X9 @8 [9 _) g4 L over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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R$ D) D5 t( C, w% E4 M* J/ d, c "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. [4 G' T4 ]/ c! {# S: O trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ( b& ]$ O" {$ m, s v) P
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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2 y' f6 R# T7 |9 E" n "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
' \4 m2 g; Y' D3 e# n7 l! o3 v the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 1 ~7 x% s" K& ~" A I
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
( x5 Y* A" C s "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . s: L2 B( U7 R7 w- e' K- A
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
, t* v" P. i7 g& o4 _1 g( X5 W4 w year they send us a complete dick." |
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