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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
a5 w) a0 s( D2 c+ | audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
3 P8 Q& c- w& y8 J3 M! m. z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ l( ]2 p! f5 y2 ?$ j4 x0 @
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : r) {" ?/ A# c6 ^; P- u# y2 f! q
little left to be of any use?" ! ?4 x& y9 z9 b4 q
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& O, t2 u5 _7 |/ R7 E the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of + u5 N; T1 ^' C" S+ W
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& g6 t' B: P. w J* @7 r question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 4 n2 @" _* g( a& z( }
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 0 R3 @; u4 Q5 K; {1 T5 {2 y
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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" c. O' Y" N. f6 Z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
3 ]% }% a. e' f% l5 Z2 _* { trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ! I9 z% i4 w- V8 u
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - c# e- j" ~, X5 C4 g" j8 W3 j* P* ^0 h
plaster." 1 H% a R, T) I* z- t) }
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster - k% ? \( R4 E- P: H6 v8 B( f/ k
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
# o- _+ b) \( u! s ? leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 6 C6 W' T: Y0 ?9 A( P. a, C+ _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
! D5 R/ @) J: u# Z( r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( {8 ~5 F& B9 F4 D3 [' a2 v year they send us a complete dick." |
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