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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: x- R; M' t5 L" Z2 u audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 p. M$ I$ B. `0 H6 G
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
% o! L) `% d0 ~+ k5 l1 ] V/ N lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; i A4 r* Y- X" ^2 j9 d' q little left to be of any use?" 7 R" e+ z. S7 t. Y) K9 z$ |' T
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to " t4 N4 l2 { b0 V' B9 v# j j# ]
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual " g0 K, b* ` F( X8 ?
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. I( A+ [/ Z( {. ?
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ; S. A: E r; w0 V7 o
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , e) w8 M8 n2 V U) O
8 ?! x9 n+ B- k- ]" x9 D" V, e" H! [ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + c' |+ j. g. ?: z
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) X0 _ \7 U/ x) ]
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
, j5 {8 Z+ `4 G5 y! c9 e1 _% f' M plaster."
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6 Q6 C, y0 Q/ b "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster - a* q) [. s, V
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! U! J0 ~4 z4 g6 X: ^; {
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) Z: x7 {1 V1 p" o' F B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
i2 y2 q8 ~7 s+ V. m the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( \0 V9 E5 ~- a: }8 p1 B$ H: v year they send us a complete dick." |
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