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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to + }1 f* n V) J$ p! r
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
P3 ]1 r( X: j2 g8 {+ s+ b+ Q. U2 ` books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 _! Y ?7 R- X8 a& s1 A; X
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too , l6 @# D. n- p7 f- B, a2 a- F
little left to be of any use?"
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% H; ^. U0 h" a. V5 J" E "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
+ Z: s8 o# B0 V; n* w \& N j the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
& _% |: A+ l& b( R& ? bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% Y2 ]0 V8 F5 B7 G question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . ?" G4 \$ h8 s) k
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
0 D' y; Q9 b1 L1 ` over after setting a cast on a patient?" 0 {" T$ `/ ]0 D$ F0 ~$ f1 D/ W% \
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
`1 N8 p8 g+ `2 ]+ B7 f trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + `1 G6 t& f' b% n
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , `# G- G |( Z* g2 C
plaster." 8 m% V, s: u. t( k$ T
: ?- m7 }* ?- \7 S2 w "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 C! ` W' Y# X, q7 @9 Q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
, k1 \! V$ J9 t0 j leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ' p7 U. r) z; U# l2 e0 M+ ], J
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( H+ e2 r [- H9 p2 f* Y7 D+ q/ Z( v) }* ~ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 p, P6 o9 U5 K! H& V2 C year they send us a complete dick." |
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