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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. }2 r% g5 l5 U% A, o' E- Z audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 6 g6 n1 z7 V7 u% W- h4 }4 F4 _' Z
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- G6 {& ~+ t! i8 r4 \2 A# p
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ! _& E3 x2 ~) x' R
little left to be of any use?" 6 O; \1 q7 P+ y/ t7 ?
: o5 ^- j; P( B8 S+ o "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 y& k0 r" Y D# Y& D the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 X6 c' d9 K$ e C. v/ _& {: w( l
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . x. h, j4 _, G* K% T) y
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
* m& l% t" B! w3 y; A over after setting a cast on a patient?" + a. F# l/ X% V& T2 f3 S+ m( ~
- @+ q" B$ | z# p8 R% d "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
0 q& \" S1 E0 f5 ` trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 r& f# p/ C/ r+ I( I' M the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of . r/ x. {6 z+ V3 b# a: W7 r, }
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
- T* i2 X& O; w+ z2 m1 U the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 5 p; w+ D( g- @
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - K7 N$ l" D( `( x% O
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
3 Q* R6 e8 U: C5 q1 X$ m: G; i the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . l5 M+ f! W! a( C3 Z4 a
year they send us a complete dick." |
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