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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 |" x3 z+ s/ J) s* x4 k2 y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
: j% e, c. G; N# z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
% M5 Y6 X) j7 [6 L# z9 \$ ^5 b# H! a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ r) c' h' E6 s. ~2 D' C4 j( I little left to be of any use?"
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0 A+ U8 D' R& X2 C "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ' o4 Y0 `$ u5 V* r8 d
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 A, d( }. G4 J, b
bandages." 6 P7 }7 R4 b. L- }2 x# i
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual l# n/ |2 i* I) V. p/ e
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , t2 g9 o. q3 m `. ]
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
5 @! v* _0 s: U: W over after setting a cast on a patient?" & h, X6 j3 H6 P& x- x. \" u
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 z7 ?; T! ?; Z% D0 N. H! ^
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
8 [3 y7 {/ D' @7 a( I: X the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 3 [0 k' x: K" i1 d7 ]! I
plaster." 5 P7 A9 R- d! O/ _: z. d1 b3 M7 G% L
+ m2 I* V! Q. g1 @ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
% {, H. H: f7 R3 J+ j the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
( c$ A. t2 i8 p$ z! { leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
, A# M7 x1 c: u7 H3 [ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all % |) s) s: T! Z( i; t( ~+ }
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ( N# ~, m! Q4 P/ ^
year they send us a complete dick." |
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