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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: v- G: P: s0 j8 g. H/ h9 [! j$ B audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" G0 U; a5 l) x( O. ]# k( ] books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 K' h) _' e) B/ q2 Y; \ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" I2 S" I# g7 `7 Q9 C" e, z little left to be of any use?"
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7 G# n1 d% G+ A3 u "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # o+ b% g+ f& Q# j/ m
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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4 G/ M$ B5 O/ j2 D3 B' w( k; k "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 8 Y6 t( Q" s, }0 e! x4 \2 P
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , `# o6 |/ c$ x6 Y1 D
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) h+ H+ M! N8 R0 ]( q9 K
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) f" h7 Z) ?; _8 t
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ p. [" x* P% n7 N- i+ O
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 W& S& ^7 ~ p8 Q! x) X5 ]
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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/ _. L* f/ B+ c% P: x* q$ L "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
, q& G+ |1 d% Z' Z) S4 A the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + i8 O9 C( ?5 D! n7 |7 ]
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + r9 g, g3 B% Z+ O5 h
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 Q" ?( a) w* Q! L- q the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
, F5 e4 C" e& g) _# r! a year they send us a complete dick." |
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