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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
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; \7 Q; ^5 `- O6 W6 M$ ` books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a# L0 P' ?7 c' O0 s
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 X7 I+ K! P1 \2 K0 ^% d+ x little left to be of any use?" 1 K6 r3 B5 k( L' R- g2 a
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 D+ x9 g0 c" V8 t$ O the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ D3 |% ] j0 M2 p2 F7 @, j; I bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: {0 r' `0 s; k5 o, |% c* s question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . y. I4 o' Y) s; a
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left $ G9 @6 w9 [2 _# T1 z7 K$ w
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 ]7 K! a1 n: N& F
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 4 x/ U- J/ Z8 V$ X+ V- d+ S9 D
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to # S; B) B- t- ?6 K5 l
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 T0 T4 d8 _' {; R, e/ V1 Z+ [. Q plaster." $ [- o |" y9 ], K/ o3 L
0 q; u* S6 B9 i- t2 J, } "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& w/ o& u; E- W6 j the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
* g% f5 g+ c8 n: F# ? leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% C0 w3 N9 e7 d# N4 X "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ' v9 K$ J+ H: D
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
: G- a' K. r9 i: b$ W7 u& L8 S year they send us a complete dick." |
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