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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % X- h1 R2 u0 B: c
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 ?+ H2 a; h. F, t1 u9 s
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a% d! ]! f- J: D) c4 W" U: g' ~' M
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 W$ Q6 E5 v6 f* f little left to be of any use?" # M Y! _5 T! P) k$ ~
6 D) S! `* ~1 H! }0 r" A, W$ x) w "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! C; l- ~0 K' W3 c the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # K2 f @* L" U( r6 j2 n
bandages." : _9 u% f8 W! a- W2 N& C, y
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 M- k$ N5 E& N) R
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) J) ` s& ~$ u. m* m
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 B+ ^- U7 T: @4 k8 [8 @
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& G8 Z% c; d3 G1 O trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 5 x- B5 ?: n9 |: O `3 ^
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 5 }5 t7 C8 \' `: S; j
plaster."
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( _; t/ J* ]/ R$ K "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , k5 c2 E, L$ }! [7 ? z7 O
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & D! _: f% Q) i- F1 @( j
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 U+ \: D Z' Q; o "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
3 S% O( }' k! w: W/ H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 1 Z# w, ~- l# H/ ^' v- P
year they send us a complete dick." |
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