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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
' {) d- `0 S4 G" J% H( D- ~4 M2 n audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; y& h& z' a; E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a+ k* I" |2 r# f! `8 l: }0 p7 r$ I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' z* \4 T& c6 |' C* e0 h& U little left to be of any use?" * }0 R: x! J+ `
- Q' ^! O* G2 r$ ~ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # \% k& \$ `! [
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 M- Z, ~7 D; Q: k' {5 y
bandages."
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+ n4 J8 j4 q+ f. F% G8 j "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) P; e& r v. T Y' u+ {5 w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. / F! R5 \5 M! {/ m" |
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - G4 K; R- t" w- I& f5 }3 U
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to # A1 w- _- b6 I3 s
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of + [7 R2 L, E% q
plaster."
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- P- Y- ^5 W' E "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ I) y7 [( k, c O z) a( F+ r the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; q, i8 \# [4 l" b3 V" j leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
+ C! X' k4 T$ s& W* ? "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
' i8 e; K* L9 U9 V" V0 t the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 K5 N4 h' u/ U4 y' {3 A year they send us a complete dick." |
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