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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . g9 N: b6 V) H8 E# N
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' ~4 T q3 Z' m3 E' N/ T( S- b" W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 J/ m* } ~/ a' W1 s lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ( x @: l8 k1 l: I! o
little left to be of any use?" " o7 H' K, _! r$ {/ c+ H
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. f6 U) D% V, A- Y2 f4 v 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
; t5 Z" A! H/ | N% @# x' z8 ^ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; p5 D r M, a1 V, v: w
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - ~8 r9 d' B) M: }( {5 ?0 g+ @
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 9 _. B' o, _0 [+ ?2 j5 b
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% P; O; [% H7 Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 h& j1 `9 g6 G( n4 k+ X
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster * A' h! i0 P! g
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' T- I$ E# V) ~4 H* d( f
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ' n- o4 @4 k9 q+ S; a
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all }5 d3 d* _6 P! i2 G. Y
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 U* X: Z6 ?9 m3 u/ V. n# x year they send us a complete dick." |
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