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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
) `8 w' C# R3 k1 k+ l, ^ y3 J audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the M( i! y6 x7 a7 T) U& b: j8 S
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
) B4 V+ X$ d0 e( \ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 ^( {4 _5 ~7 v8 [ 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
( I0 Y. h+ U- I* s- m! y- }* K the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # i7 N9 `9 L8 X9 T9 l3 ?
bandages." ; U' ]% X9 w+ w. [ m8 R. n8 V
4 f4 Q, \- I7 j# w% b, q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual - {# t( T- G3 d) L. M; q
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
5 |9 C$ f: j; @6 }5 ~# X "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 ~- J3 {2 w8 E3 W) s7 b over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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4 C1 b) |4 n) E "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 R9 t: I* M) B, X trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 I4 f9 t. O% a+ C# G7 v the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ( k+ I& |4 b8 B# z+ p. P
plaster."
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- `- `( S# f, E' Z# b, X "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 1 @$ ]0 I4 r4 Y. V' l# N" b
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" D% V; N2 Q0 K5 C( c, S leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 l2 [( s- A2 h: u7 P
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 0 z C7 W# C" b6 V+ v" J
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a : w8 U8 J- Q( U0 R5 V& C9 v( z9 T
year they send us a complete dick." |
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