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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to / J ^9 ?2 C) L0 z# @. s ^ Z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
: J7 O3 s8 ~) F3 Z: o1 E3 c. L books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
7 n, L7 D( @! l4 L lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ( ]& L9 ~* j6 @
little left to be of any use?"
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2 E4 i' G# N5 t6 G- G "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
+ J! o( Q9 @0 R7 Z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , F7 P$ @, {( U0 }; }# J( Z5 h- _
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual + W. k' ~) P2 l3 L) w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
0 M% I( w8 z$ U+ H, |6 I( |$ N "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ! P% T7 r( D" y
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / J( U# o: Z* S2 T
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ z: g/ G" |( B
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
, h6 J" n+ J7 m1 H4 i8 E0 O the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the : W, @0 i* F3 g/ l- E
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % w( _% V0 @6 I9 P9 | j9 O w
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
2 q; E9 d, ]) z5 D; w the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . _" D: A, l1 G. I
year they send us a complete dick." |
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