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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to * w$ G& T% c2 J: U% |! h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 ]: x4 c$ ?. L9 O; m books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a9 u% A5 {1 g, O8 N9 H7 S% a
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 R6 h2 q4 c2 A" t" {" G little left to be of any use?" ) C9 _0 ~* C- ]5 ]: [
. i& e$ V" c2 v# T9 V/ q+ j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 N: M; l0 z; n% Q the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ( t8 Q0 i4 Q8 o2 q/ X+ w. l
bandages." ( I2 V1 g7 h! H+ ^; q" D+ h
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' {# O! n; \+ W/ h
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. $ \* Q2 B! O5 A9 K; Z+ F9 a
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
# _$ h% G" T6 W' h( L" u; y4 G over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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$ G) x! ]4 o7 j9 c8 h* U "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
3 j+ }6 }/ I6 R$ G+ \3 r) Z trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
% o" X$ _3 d- l* u the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of $ Y( q' A9 g/ M3 ?0 h3 q( ^) C# S% V" w
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# |6 h. g8 G" x1 M the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% K5 y0 L1 N& a; B4 | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
G1 p4 _4 n1 T) ?5 M "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all : Q8 _8 l8 t: h9 r3 ^3 n4 `4 r1 \
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ; v: R3 F* r! d. t/ j! ]
year they send us a complete dick." |
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