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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # P% b/ Q/ V) K" P3 h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
' s+ ?/ G- O. z$ V- P8 Z- Z$ \, a books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a6 @# F" W( L1 ], k! E7 u g7 e+ Q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 6 q+ B6 ]8 w# Z7 a. J. b* P2 v0 D {
little left to be of any use?"
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; j4 |: W- K' G8 w$ s3 k+ G( G1 A "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! y% P3 y! F! h the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ) T! L) S) W/ O' x
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / [4 L( |1 m: x) f' O9 D1 h% O
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) P$ y' R* w" d3 g
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
& n6 V8 ?0 V# \4 u/ I( ~6 ? over after setting a cast on a patient?" 1 b |# g* d5 S3 o$ n
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
' i; e X2 E1 I( w. a trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 E3 f3 s: Q7 }: m3 g the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 f: q. d2 P2 ]/ s9 V( g7 I8 w
plaster." : T5 m5 L- z0 n
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ! G* u+ p4 s8 }5 Y
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
/ e |/ w3 t& y n6 s0 j6 d6 y# p leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" * i5 G9 N+ ~. `! u) u7 P
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
9 X, ]2 V6 f0 M' ]0 s7 k( e6 O7 s the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
$ c0 _( ]& L$ F3 a( K year they send us a complete dick." |
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