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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
0 a, Q$ k$ r$ p! t+ b audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 i2 B' X* [2 c; S# Y" m books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# b. a1 Q" s$ k% m, O8 R lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 J7 t h3 I, A7 z$ ^9 @. ?0 v; L
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 . l, {( m4 {2 ]9 L) U7 F, f
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
4 \' m! s% l. _ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 s/ k* I7 K C: A2 E+ K: g* S "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
: m& f: r1 V; F, J+ }; H over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 x( F p9 h4 _) x
$ [4 z. P7 H# X" _6 c "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& H" H) i0 j- C* k+ S& g trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to # e+ N6 C* z+ j: q* B# e! w1 b
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! g! j! o8 r) Y
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
' w3 ~! _5 s2 Q; o the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 D( H$ [- V+ b8 F4 l' j leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & W' a# E6 V6 l6 d8 j
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
% T" C2 Y6 D1 c$ \" F the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ( V1 X) ~9 w- r" m4 [
year they send us a complete dick." |
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