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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 }$ A, X2 w# H+ b3 p# S audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
) V0 B) f; E, R books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a) Q5 y* U$ Q7 P& ]
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
?' G& h* B% w* Z5 j! P* a/ F little left to be of any use?" : ~. x) ^: W& [' g( A1 Y( G# Z5 q
7 A* a, B- n6 f- j! F- y "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
`+ M) q1 s. o4 a7 `" i the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of * S' M) d6 F6 ^: C- r0 V; l
bandages."
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* h! P+ _8 _; I6 z& p( \ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
6 D4 A/ f# [1 p question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
' ~; X$ H$ b8 t' j' d4 Q "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
' v4 n4 J. B- p' W over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 4 J# `8 [. u# v! w5 v- s5 T
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ F# E8 ^2 B, Q+ `7 {' @! g the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
+ {! p8 c. T# e$ G- S; ]4 I/ i" V plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ! ]; g5 J M" H! [9 p4 C
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 R2 ^) ~$ H c7 s4 E leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / e+ m F% g8 E# \
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- h* ^6 k' h/ Z l& ~ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
5 W9 \$ j7 f" w" t' p year they send us a complete dick." |
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