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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 [ J" t8 m' @1 y$ n
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 ^) U& a# Z5 c; ~- e books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a! z' B$ B9 A/ \, c1 o
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 i0 A9 Q' o6 s5 c5 d little left to be of any use?" 9 Z+ l$ O- i# l, p0 }
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to d/ ~ n( ?. v* C0 w% |
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
, D! ?6 m# g; i3 N0 j+ u8 s6 @( ] bandages." 4 j; G1 M7 t& [1 N) V0 J: h2 M( y
: s+ Q0 m' F/ b, U# e "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & w# }2 C4 E2 N: B" h3 |+ s# a# U
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % z, r/ a9 u {
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 S% r# T& a, z
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 9 W- f- k1 T; B! G
0 M2 P5 R7 D X. S+ S9 i6 N "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& y2 ]0 o8 T& L9 W1 E) s `( j trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ^7 O8 K3 Z8 g' I
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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# T6 p" O8 F8 G, n0 T6 } "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
5 h7 Y; y5 n7 G' g2 Q; z4 O1 c the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the - A0 R) M. ^( `5 A
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
! g, ]5 O' U7 ~# A- s* I7 _ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . i' I) w/ Y O/ B% u. o0 W
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a p% t% N/ b9 ~# L3 E& ^' I
year they send us a complete dick." |
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