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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
0 e. g' q E1 P3 j% ^ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
! W4 F" @6 W- A; {" F: y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 u( i8 k. \% {) ? G$ v6 c
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 m: \9 E L" T! F 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 8 f4 ]; ~4 w( Y! Z7 k U
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of & ~ V2 R# j: s2 Q& c& P# ]+ n2 N
bandages." / Y9 n7 G |! f* q# Y* c4 ?
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
, i- A+ Y; y2 ~6 L' c4 Q1 \ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 g9 F0 j' v; X* T% Y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 K& h, X i' r! ^ m% s& J over after setting a cast on a patient?" 7 `. [) r' b% F" a1 Y, L; W3 H
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. ?& g; h) g2 ^: ?) a9 u, P( v0 u trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
* _! w) g2 H- V the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
; B! z# l' ?+ B the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 h' }, r+ v/ V: d5 d" I& O8 T: Y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " N5 F+ u% f) x T3 G O
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 c; {; G. V3 y- C1 q% Z* Z the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ }' A- E9 l1 q2 d year they send us a complete dick." |
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