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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 i- `% O; w2 ?
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the : i+ d# F0 b- b( X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a9 N7 }) F7 i- y3 f3 Z2 M1 H
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 7 P! q( c4 m8 |2 S/ { G
little left to be of any use?" 4 p5 t0 J/ Y8 l+ y! [9 w3 t
$ n* X1 A( p! C- U "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! v, b" T6 S9 @; N9 C z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 D0 `5 ]( o* P4 e
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 y- _3 L. f+ s0 p# L
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. N( l$ j& h& m
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" d" \" v8 m4 _( p1 R over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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4 B/ d1 r4 E. w6 ~" |/ n "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to % G" ` }4 A0 T; _) u O0 r. X
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
+ V; _, D7 M( Y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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8 u- ]; m' }. D$ R- x: S "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " u" c6 C' M! K- g) Y
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the " R7 W6 i1 T5 f ?, c. Y- u
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 c7 M" F; q% k( w "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. g! Z% b* }, ?7 ?% Q/ }. W* O the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ E$ i- J. q8 W" x$ ^
year they send us a complete dick." |
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