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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 m# w, y2 |0 X0 D
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 A2 @" L/ _& s2 ]+ x( u3 {$ A; Z) {+ [% X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 r4 V$ f7 P c- Z# c) R% T& g
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 0 M/ d9 F& Z( k* C! L2 ?0 k
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 7 T' V7 S, \9 f5 ~: \6 p/ P8 Z
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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" a! A" {: l$ T "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
) d0 [1 b' j5 |; q& ]9 ` V question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" s: G3 ^: v- Z$ E& `- F5 V6 M "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
0 _" w$ V' p0 ]2 @ over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
7 B) u: C. r6 f5 @: O trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to - j; ?" V/ V% `3 X0 @
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : z; O7 F3 ]9 r2 S( o
plaster."
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3 K9 \% z/ u- S, ~ m "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
, }2 O p5 B: X the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the $ H+ I# O0 H; w: @' \
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* G4 P |8 |) o "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # X# @" |: Q6 @+ \8 X
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! \5 a0 ^! T, C' R: c& ?( R year they send us a complete dick." |
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