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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " V" p, C0 M8 j4 V7 c+ p
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 |/ {6 v; G' L/ @4 m4 ` books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
. V# Z+ P) R% m/ w$ r lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too $ W" @" x; b7 Y! j8 Z& p, V$ k
little left to be of any use?" ' L# U* i9 M$ p9 l' p
7 k! Y {7 t; ?! R- [ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 F6 i* `1 e. Q- J. \
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
* l* V/ M0 v) R: R- Z' O: I! N8 E3 O bandages." 9 ^# [4 v4 \* F: C
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ; v& X2 A0 B- p6 \! z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 h9 t, ?$ F0 J# s- R8 K "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left . \+ P; j* H( Z5 R" ^4 X" Y
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & p) Y6 U9 n3 I* x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 D. J8 p; ~+ t7 k" f7 E* T( q! W the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' I: J; c* o0 m" W
plaster." ( C0 c( }7 U" a* L0 d
8 U6 o, K" i( T' Z7 N "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster $ u. v8 J/ K" Z& b) E" g& ~2 {
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
+ ?1 b- i' U% t; o. n9 m leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
. x8 j5 R1 |. F+ I* G4 c- b "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , p# n' J( f) a+ ?' ^0 ~# T
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
" c/ Y6 u3 ~) H4 f: M3 e8 K year they send us a complete dick." |
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