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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 f! V& V5 D1 _7 t1 _% {- X
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 A" g! ^" j2 H# W" B" x% l0 T
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a+ B! \% w S" x) F/ ?* m. m C
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ' m1 T0 }0 O1 h: n Y3 U
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 . V2 t: t" e. L$ O5 O2 x8 a& l
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 6 x8 i0 o7 E) ]* V+ h: k$ | m. D7 e
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 k: L, C# r# b! E# b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
$ J P. F- x+ F6 k; ]' O% W "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
. ]; @. J3 g, C+ \ over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( L* z$ d* ^' ]. ~
M9 I) K! S- L4 t "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% v+ h5 i" K( E" w ^" W) g trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: L" V. R3 b! @ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 R! P7 @) ]8 L T: U8 z& A plaster." : l) n, L6 ?1 w* @& G
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 7 p7 R8 ~% l( c' }2 J7 Z( R* y4 ^
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 U- L) ]; p. e5 k6 p3 m1 r8 a
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
a# n, A7 t) f, ~ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 4 k5 d1 l9 o* r
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* s- Y+ z9 f3 Y% E3 i4 z year they send us a complete dick." |
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