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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to * I4 c- K9 {$ p/ Z) C: U, j
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 6 q+ w' x* o/ c) @9 e- G: P
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
5 Q' M( x3 [, e7 c. H7 t lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 k) k9 P! I4 { z. C4 _
little left to be of any use?" 7 j$ ^8 F' v. Y: j! B" B/ d$ J
; r. v8 K8 X& d "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. ]' t9 Y m( G% i the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 n. s4 ~6 f' ]* n; I( u- c' p6 h
bandages."
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2 z" b9 U: K1 H% M y' P "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
" v. ~6 U# a5 `- H; {' \ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
: z' ~, \, V. i6 N5 E3 `) i2 e0 t "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
: M; S9 @2 ]+ ?+ [! ~$ _/ | over after setting a cast on a patient?" " @, ]( G( K, |3 c
% G, V h' @( Q; [# [3 H5 l. O "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
7 J$ u3 o% x2 M# ~ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
" X' |" f: p |8 N5 d the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
% w8 j c* g: b- J plaster." + {7 @& }# k% b# h" J
& E R4 g" i$ d "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
0 ?3 |- W% \9 O# Y5 `2 X the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 N( e6 \9 C1 I6 x3 i leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 Y7 I$ K& u1 K9 R$ |2 u: ?6 c "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all g$ u( {% R/ P3 o! W0 y8 N; S
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a : x, C* t# k* Z7 [/ L3 G/ ?
year they send us a complete dick." |
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