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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to & K B T* V. A$ \, |0 `+ Z9 _5 X
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the . l O8 b2 a& T" R+ _
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" L. g* z/ \/ e4 y# `/ |
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 I) E8 |- S2 q# i, P K) @+ ~7 g# e little left to be of any use?" - c+ p! s' C$ I# F( f* Q# e
" R% P3 [6 V2 M; T "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 f2 h* {3 |7 ]+ f' g the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 R8 y3 j7 M# G& l% l! C question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
o: P1 {0 ~+ \% b3 F' Q- Z9 v! P5 F "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
1 p1 v( I8 A) M8 Z( F8 P over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 G2 S& j. d4 P5 d q7 v
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 2 @7 ^/ e6 K2 Z
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , V. D6 ~7 Z& K0 \1 l/ m
plaster."
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( ?' Q& Z3 {6 H7 ~0 L( w "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 K$ h$ w9 h. V: |1 d
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & J+ @ F* j6 u7 l' K2 p
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% _8 t# R2 D1 h "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
4 B9 a0 G* c" c the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 i5 }6 m/ n" v6 D$ e6 S year they send us a complete dick." |
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