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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 1 p: g% Z2 U( S( M9 E0 a1 z7 f
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 6 S! s9 d% N$ Y1 G: p: d
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 c3 D+ H( M4 @0 O+ c! V. g
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too + O7 F( m, v! h; |2 I$ p
little left to be of any use?" - y4 X. g# |) w
' F( U; A" i9 ]6 \7 |& h+ I "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + v5 ^6 ^5 c/ U
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' Q( P7 M# J4 c# F5 k1 E* ]
bandages."
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. N5 j4 d, W Q( j. L' `) K "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual h" B- l- P. q+ {0 Y' e1 a, t
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & j3 E3 y* j1 B4 R* F4 q) Z2 R
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 K8 O$ o6 K* `* v! F7 O over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 [# y# V4 g, P9 O9 a1 G
3 E; W9 M. G) s2 I o8 ]4 A "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 2 @) @# z! a1 T& p; j
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( j" s8 z/ Y1 q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
$ ?+ \. y& h# J/ }. M2 S plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
, b7 p% n8 V0 H; c the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * D4 b7 u0 d3 H( B1 D) i
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . i& @; p2 O2 T) C9 x$ d
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
* e/ O' P0 p- B2 ` the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 1 v3 U; P6 X& X; C3 S
year they send us a complete dick." |
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