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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to - T! n1 H q. x' m! d5 ^2 {1 V
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 \! ^1 s' I5 k2 Y- D8 J+ R books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, B* f% C9 t7 d- K+ | lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too # o- }6 k3 c: L- B+ ^9 {( b: V
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to , V [$ x/ \; l) i( T5 b
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' i8 o' J( a- |3 b) N; U5 b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ J! ?( K z0 R. x" l "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
- D0 L0 m: b9 C6 R. [ over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) @4 {5 n4 ~8 |/ S0 k$ `$ |# |+ _
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ! o- _, Z4 t- d: g) E- d
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 w( v0 l, q& e' N& z, W' b the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 3 v( g) Y4 j& f1 q+ x2 g
plaster." " ~& U: ?% z9 |2 o
) x& J) l8 R+ f5 s9 ?* C "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 N+ \2 c& X% }1 X5 o% k/ A K the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the : I' c% W0 b B3 t+ M$ w: I/ A
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ; W. ]; _. ^/ Q2 u0 H1 |' M
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
& [$ Q/ T; Q3 Y( O2 D1 k l$ C: t the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 k* j) |& z% N year they send us a complete dick." |
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