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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to $ u0 y0 E t1 N& ~% `( |+ r3 r
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
3 K7 A+ K5 Y. k. p+ U books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* ]+ y1 S7 d z, f
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ' z/ @5 O; p" V8 J$ N. H
little left to be of any use?" 0 }. i" _- o' G- q- f. ]9 b
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! ~, D' D# j. d: Y the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
" M( K/ ~/ }+ h% o: T3 N bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : E' s# C3 X2 Q, F- b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ S7 I+ _2 G% d: \4 \$ O% z& B, E "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
* r) c& R8 B, Q5 Q over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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* p+ N0 L4 D: ]# L. u: i. t "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to # G1 r9 V$ z' J
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 9 j# o$ Q# v4 n1 n5 p2 G+ P$ K
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 W# `6 w2 J o* l% h. j
plaster." 6 j+ \. B( L. L4 W9 B3 o5 n' m) P/ w
% j: Y& V+ _+ D% R1 K "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 R5 n) k) [3 o8 \& j! b! p3 H
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
u4 v T" F4 U! a0 F8 ^4 X leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 l0 G; E! v) m; L! r. }0 {9 D
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
! g8 O8 u( \1 x the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 5 A7 {0 E" o1 u* m( _- n
year they send us a complete dick." |
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