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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . T4 w7 }5 E% D
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
, K( k2 f$ n6 h) `1 r8 m3 P6 w books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 q& a, j& q/ k1 c% Q$ v! v
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 1 e# x3 F2 w4 F
little left to be of any use?" / ` U* A% a9 I+ x( p
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
5 b1 c0 x; Z+ Q( s8 w9 H# \ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # M. t4 j! Q" I) Z3 o9 t$ ~
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 G$ o) M' q( E; G) C/ g2 Z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 9 C, Q% T* M0 n# w, q& o
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
! l2 B# [: O2 C+ x( N. h: @ over after setting a cast on a patient?" / J$ ~& p+ k4 f q0 U% u6 u6 d
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to . u3 I- q. Y* N7 K( I/ U! }
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to k2 M. n' I) r; V
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of . Q: J) H- v5 h; M
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# t" y$ `: A4 F$ c the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 a$ i3 G2 k& C$ w; r5 ^ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 6 L' V A" ^" B) d T- w- o
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- K% d0 ] s, Y Q% q( \6 U- _ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
) Z3 d2 Q3 }* r! J$ }% K( n# I4 W year they send us a complete dick." |
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