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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to $ X0 e% x- s( k: ^; p) l
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
! U) D z! A- z; |6 x9 M books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 f$ n5 S/ X% f$ H9 y% y9 W$ h) L lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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8 k" N3 y# R" R" z F- \ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
( [8 S, W* k) Z; |" F the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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6 z: G7 V; b' l* b& h: N "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) ]0 K9 b! d; C1 @
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
* C# z W; v9 k$ W1 h$ v9 v- J "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left / G1 B; d; a: w3 ^9 U
over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ h* q0 R3 R# D! v& ? O$ {% s7 y
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
* ^: D0 K# i" x! G( j- d, w1 b trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# w( ~ E- G; z the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 5 U& K- V0 X0 z1 z# |# H
plaster."
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; k2 }! {" `4 G4 T! e$ x6 P' a "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
4 V3 Y# H. E; @6 y4 n the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" e, B/ A9 A+ R' U! j7 Z# G$ y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) B+ [" r: G/ w0 I% Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
$ `% |6 U6 }: O- [7 \( M the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; P) A5 X5 x! U9 v8 h& _ year they send us a complete dick." |
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