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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 6 s4 t/ f& T: o5 s3 ]
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 l- x; t/ [# h' y9 b books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 z, s( z% J' p: D# ]7 V
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too * E- G/ O3 {- ^) X
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 + _/ F. `4 ?: e: J9 W [
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ; E9 D" D3 @/ x, U
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # P' W$ W# j r4 d U
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 0 T5 v* R+ J' q) b9 }
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - K+ C# X+ z# L5 \3 F5 @) V- o
over after setting a cast on a patient?" * o- c: \0 {: J5 R1 V3 i4 }
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to % a0 L2 Y; a0 }. p
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & B+ s# D6 x. B" O: A, d7 r
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
2 S% U) Z" t- z$ H; D E' O7 Y plaster." , i8 J n" N# @, T L, _# w. B
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 N3 L. @+ Z+ ~! w
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 9 N7 X. E- E7 ]/ o Z
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" , d, m; Y+ w3 r
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
H) @/ S, k1 T4 [& c the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 p( e! b5 `+ d; U: L5 M% ~
year they send us a complete dick." |
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