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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 u' L6 I# l4 h# h7 u% D' x
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 I" J5 S% _( M# d) a
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- r7 h2 r& L$ f6 _1 X2 a# \' a s
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; H& ^3 S9 l% d. E; N& P) Q7 |) h: g little left to be of any use?"
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8 W' ]9 ~/ L- ~* H" D1 K "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ Y8 G) R# f' P" w! k2 R2 H the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 G3 c. p4 f4 ?
bandages." 5 v: d- ~8 ?- C3 P* V8 k
7 ]9 k% e. a5 V7 l! D& W0 X3 [7 m6 T "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 1 o2 y% R# A R8 O
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
: z: y1 B) ^1 j* q \ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 M# k! y0 g4 J0 j* V
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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1 h1 X! h# k8 r( t# ?0 D) j0 c5 G( R "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
/ j* h7 u6 _! l* F- ?. l trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 t' X4 ~, b( W! p! p the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 ]" t y/ A( j* P3 P/ M3 T: M
plaster." 3 H# c2 E, c; o8 z' E9 l1 ^! ]$ o$ W' L
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster * v4 B! t; N. a; }/ r% X6 h
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 _) ]; E! P" v: K, W l! h# G+ r1 m# A leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 v9 a. g, D+ a0 y1 D* ^
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all - c5 D( g5 }2 H0 T7 ^) c
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; D3 I( i! O5 J8 X$ r+ A year they send us a complete dick." |
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