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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
5 ]; c; H' }8 Z( H/ a# F audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
4 Q. g6 H! m- W- _! C+ c" e books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" ~6 u$ ~4 M1 g3 W; L" t4 N A
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too L/ V7 B' q& b; M
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 , I( f m2 T: w# K- h* n' W I
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ! S, F2 T( z, `: w; h
bandages."
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7 I0 L4 p5 r: W0 Q, X% s5 _ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 K# w) D M+ K# V8 Z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % o2 ~. u( j0 b! T; i( N0 h
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
2 h2 B& K. d! ?+ w over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 T+ `( F5 l- A$ t3 G
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- R2 u8 d; M4 n+ v; o* S. n ] the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 4 E% v" {( Y# T$ i
plaster." ! R0 b$ y W, e# h7 v
9 T9 R1 |7 G+ k' q; K "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster : V% v4 J+ Z6 V: |. V9 ^
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
$ B# u% M* H( c, m- P4 e leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 3 H; [( q& y) Z5 @0 r7 I2 p
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. b$ N9 ~: K& t. p1 D* `1 Q9 M2 v the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
$ [! n, [9 M' ]! Y/ Q+ Q' W. X/ q year they send us a complete dick." |
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