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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
7 K$ k; g! n9 k/ {* Y9 J; u( e) u audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ; o, I2 J: Q( k# d8 X& R1 K V" Y
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a) X+ i3 ^$ ~' H. j( P, g
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
9 ], w P& g% P4 d- i, E, T+ 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 9 V* |" X& }8 W
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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" f" a! V5 H5 ~ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
1 X- ?7 [. |6 p, W# ^: v* A7 d9 n9 G8 ~ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
6 V- v% v$ E* u8 U& z! N0 P( @( R "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
- _1 H4 V# K% M2 [% ]# H over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , Z0 ?5 Y/ ~( D; L% _4 i/ g7 w
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& B3 y8 a- O/ |- o2 m; z the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! |. n- L! s5 d5 ?; C9 S$ ^
plaster." 7 I0 B8 a7 U( a
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 s: s- H7 h/ T1 q! b/ t; m0 ~! S
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
) }' f* J5 s9 ^7 Z; ] leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 `' O; M/ \" a6 ?3 E0 B2 ]5 k) B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
; O8 A# A& w! L8 F6 a" b% R the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ) v. T$ u4 A9 G) J# F+ O
year they send us a complete dick." |
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