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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 1 K: C w4 B+ e4 ], A% B) c8 Q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
. b' R" U' z: u books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
- U' Z# \3 y& U8 t& S0 J lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too * u' n9 \$ H# } X; @# T8 r( n
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
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bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 w, B( f! M2 r) p" z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ' H% v/ k" h& S+ W5 T5 P0 m/ U
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
* ^, o2 i! {, W1 }7 a over after setting a cast on a patient?" " z- s$ N! P( P* l6 ? T1 i+ d4 V
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to " G5 {- w& g" a" p
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to . X$ J. c5 }* P6 e$ r
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
" ^ @/ {' x" ?( Q; m) V4 Z- ~ plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
% n8 S, x* r9 {* s+ } a( E the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 1 I$ J: z* q6 H
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : E& r5 V0 D3 K: b' X- G' g
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
9 K1 c) l- l, D0 Y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a * u! S: K9 Q) C- F( _ i
year they send us a complete dick." |
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