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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 ^9 T& a9 l; N
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # Q! h" S1 k+ G& g. R
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 A0 U( O9 i4 c; Z& [# j lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 E8 U: `/ M( h8 v% U little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + m3 v0 w1 a7 W, d. `
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
. u ?; _4 c" s) n bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
1 x+ W# G/ p5 j4 ]' i; f" Y question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & f2 ?( D( K# [2 V- T, M
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% i8 \9 [+ r, U6 y over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ H Z9 v( g R: K4 h3 f6 j4 T
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: i& G. {' a8 x8 b$ A the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ) ?& I: @6 H$ U k. G
plaster."
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S" F5 u: ~, n9 v4 a2 q "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
o3 b9 t, Z& H5 G) ~+ D the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" U9 i4 |) g; T leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
& z* i5 {/ o" v& I h) ?. r "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
4 V* z* e' j+ j the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
" R% ?% u6 K! r( D( t/ d; v year they send us a complete dick." |
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