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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' s7 N& g( D. S' n. z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
* M4 ~& ]$ d5 l, t$ E( i books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
- M% }) W+ t. F6 y' v. Z) R lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 9 q* g6 e; b) P. g1 \3 P& m
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
+ I' n' T& P) j5 y& ` the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 6 t5 k+ i* |' `( Q1 J! z8 }2 t
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ; D7 x% F N; K+ p2 c) S& n+ k( _
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & I' e* U0 q) N8 u) p2 J
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left \. x. x& S5 D" `+ n1 [( s3 I
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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% ^: B6 t) @, D$ D0 U$ f; ^ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ) Z. @7 A% i% U' O7 z2 ~2 f
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' g1 ^2 Z4 q$ u% g5 m/ s- { the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / z; m Y1 e1 w: ?3 I6 {5 l
plaster."
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, s2 T5 z5 X/ W% E "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster # u( s& y5 c6 W! f
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 w0 M8 `6 p+ @1 w1 \4 ]1 f3 R leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 v* d" a3 C( x) _ h1 X "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all * x+ b% y! S1 n9 G4 c' p
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 5 M7 C2 B/ p3 _. \- L
year they send us a complete dick." |
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