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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to , d" D1 |" o# F$ K$ u3 I/ [& Y$ s6 }
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the & Q$ E3 K$ X3 a/ G1 w5 y0 C
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
8 t/ c7 h/ J7 ]" B( }* w& E lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; L& z/ f9 J' p6 j+ l little left to be of any use?" ) t' S, s; D# f) G$ I
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 1 s9 i) d9 N8 p$ ?1 }( H
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 C, ]9 ~' v. J- @( \8 E& |8 u4 j bandages."
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, q' i T* o. H "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
# S. r- u. G. `% K question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
6 g+ S% D9 k v g+ F "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % X$ G" ^$ l2 F* x
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 4 b& h% W( Y1 F* t- `+ M2 Z& m
8 |: n% F0 t7 ^" k* b, r' C1 l "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 u4 y) M5 u' `7 D. O9 r6 L8 t trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ' ]( Q8 O, O9 Q D6 v
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
. g/ T' ^# K" ^. h. R( x$ N plaster." 2 `# W% r6 w: S: n- C, u3 A$ f" r9 M
+ _. F' d3 c/ h6 g( _8 F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster $ ^( a3 v% t5 _6 {
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
- }" }6 ]2 \+ _. I1 L leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 M& H4 M2 Y, q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all * b V' j& ]* |0 Q }7 Q
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 b. n8 v, I# T
year they send us a complete dick." |
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