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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " v2 r: X' i. j. j) S
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 j1 e" ?2 J* [' Q3 J
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& B$ ?6 T# ^2 j: z. R: \, o8 k lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 a6 L3 j% W- w9 i" s little left to be of any use?" ! |* W$ b9 O* `
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to % {* \+ ]4 R" v2 I$ P# o5 N
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
' l0 E0 @+ z; Y4 _& v* g bandages."
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. Z) x/ Q" q+ y* n$ M* _ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual , p5 @6 t) ~1 l# i* _ K5 b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
4 L& K5 {% S2 ` K R "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
8 Q! `0 o }9 T& L- G# A over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 a: p2 u' T6 t# w# Y0 S trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " o: u3 T3 X; e- S- u6 T% Q& Z
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of W- i4 Z, ~- @
plaster." 5 H; b% t; ^# J) [. u) Z
% o }; n7 V, h' D+ k "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % ], F3 b( K! [, \8 m
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
' Z5 m: Q5 Q7 {. B; a) T leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" $ H2 T) r8 _2 \% T$ `) V, v6 }7 O
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 R9 Y+ {8 A4 b$ m the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 {7 Y J9 l" p. { I year they send us a complete dick." |
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