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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 A+ g9 v& H4 X
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 s% h" Q" j9 A: q% j- `4 O' z' Y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a+ ^+ v# S5 ]$ L$ F/ h7 J; d+ k
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
- y* V2 [% `% j! E; F little left to be of any use?" g4 k8 @' n, n- }9 y7 q7 i
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 T9 ~: A1 }: q' C- u the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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. b1 }9 E/ M( ?) i$ o- ^" Z "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' J' V- T: d/ ~) H' c
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & T; o/ J* x1 \; J [
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
5 y4 V+ p I( p( Y7 R over after setting a cast on a patient?" ' s' `, Z8 H) e: V# Q" @5 x
1 r) n8 P$ j& ] "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ) \( h1 S0 K% k1 Y) |: V- }1 ^
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
* \+ {' k' R& H 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
' g6 N, @: e2 s1 W5 E! ?! o" q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + z* X; h* I3 O* B. D0 a0 ?5 G
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - w7 G5 _% k( a& b) i) Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 3 F2 F! X& T% G/ [# C
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ O5 X& [/ v: N* y) p. Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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