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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 W, E/ z% _) K5 i) M. q4 j
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
* {4 h9 `: X6 I# q. I2 M: V- M books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' P& D, E: z6 O$ F
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : p- \5 {) |; r! ?4 P5 M
little left to be of any use?"
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# b+ T+ A) r9 z2 A: `% ? "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
9 `6 {- T5 f" d! C7 m the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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4 t6 K$ q( M# i' J' k "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
6 j! ^: q! t3 X+ K6 c question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) u. N/ x5 \1 o
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 I7 a" b' o' P6 s: 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
& C' y% Q* g; V: Q5 q# r$ v trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' E: J4 J1 k5 Y2 _! U the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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6 \ L2 m1 T7 F' a& h& s "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster : O& b, l- _; I0 \0 N4 w
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 1 A, _7 }. z* U# t. `& t
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 x! t) l _# X, w) b, j3 ]; f" F
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
$ h$ R$ N1 @9 C* P5 U# W/ D the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
0 F! `2 O/ p0 M; k/ g. Y" ?. e year they send us a complete dick." |
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