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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # @0 Y* z$ z5 p. h+ ]
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the % R. Z: }1 a6 z
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
' V |2 [! C" C4 d+ I lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ( M8 n5 G; X7 T
little left to be of any use?" / B$ j4 g5 r& s M( B" E
! P3 k. M0 v! M3 v7 c! K0 K9 c. J "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to , y0 ]8 w$ o( S: a
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ; m! e8 ^5 l7 U* x% o
bandages." , z3 X0 J% Q0 i1 {
, H# j* [+ _/ ~- C/ G "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 D& f+ _4 y/ @$ t2 p9 K$ k
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. g% M1 @: l; o "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 a* S' Q$ ?! d2 P: S5 A; E over after setting a cast on a patient?" \3 T" r+ E0 ^* a. {
# x6 h; G* j% j8 Q/ S' a "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& O; G" L: g" u: f% B7 } trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# }& Q6 [5 |* r( ] the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - s( k8 i' f. \# b8 O! f# l( Q
plaster." + D5 \4 o o4 m3 n
5 H3 F, {4 e$ S "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ l/ E, s1 G( {5 M" z4 R$ [* k the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # W+ `9 ~: [7 p0 t1 g( `
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 n, F8 w0 e! Z4 m2 S
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
+ Q `) s1 t) g1 I! R. ? the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a * h+ @' M1 v! B9 g6 l1 p% C
year they send us a complete dick." |
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