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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' U. E% o {( e6 e) E
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& ^' i8 `) E( R) v- z2 k books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
9 w& d0 i+ [( z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
! D* @) L ^9 z) d+ I little left to be of any use?" 3 _6 ?6 k/ l5 S
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. J' b3 ?) y( Z+ i) N/ K the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
4 v) B+ K: R+ n. g% D bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) P/ K, S) Y0 P' b9 D, p: @
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
+ O9 o7 o8 X; |5 S& b0 X: X7 E H "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
# j& h( @* p+ i3 L1 x, X! U. [ over after setting a cast on a patient?" . c0 y) M' s; ^8 g9 I0 f) c! e
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; ?* [% h) i( P' U$ K( }, C$ {
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' w u5 y, L6 O1 U# p2 @ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! b3 b* d2 z# D3 U& b8 t' f
plaster." : r. f% x5 v9 G, k, \- i2 u' N
" W- [7 ^2 ~$ E( B5 R "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster # S$ l' u2 c6 f4 C7 P+ O
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # E# R; O1 x& N2 q) |5 |) N
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
- [! ^" b* ?' g; I# U, G7 ^3 ] "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
, G6 F7 c @; X0 z% t7 ^- A5 I the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
) U) @! Q" y& b" ~: a2 i year they send us a complete dick." |
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