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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
, {# ]- d" U1 ~ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
( ^7 T1 }4 ?7 E( x books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a# J9 P% c% y5 j1 E! \: @# U
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
! }% r9 X: N, P A$ g( @' H little left to be of any use?" : l* \7 b( l5 i* T/ j
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ( G9 d* _: v+ r r
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 d5 F% A/ @4 J" s bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 {: b2 [6 ~% o2 A' n6 w+ K2 N
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- L |4 ]" R6 l( P "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left " J% \. f' r4 [7 p; T
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 k, w1 z+ A: b( G4 d! D7 i: G0 r1 l
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 v! l9 m) U; x, O trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 B8 m; e2 i& R2 {( N `+ H/ ?
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : u/ u9 \. D2 c* D, P2 c
plaster."
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/ e/ [+ v C3 ` "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
* }8 X- ^/ q& z, N# n* ~! f5 L8 M the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # `& X6 C. |* w& D" y+ X, W+ x
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & o, I2 x3 _- l5 Q# i& C( [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ Q% L) N: ]: R6 J the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
\9 r# ^$ P. ]7 O! C1 Q. p year they send us a complete dick." |
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