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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. ^' e0 Z g/ I, A audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the " @7 e- T0 z9 c* ]. P. X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. { d% @$ p" N9 u4 W* n4 @
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; A# W# H% J$ o8 I 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 X' f8 `5 V2 d& h9 H1 T; F
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' Q: V) F o3 b7 R& N
bandages." 2 V1 G# o( k+ q
, k' N; n; W# g1 S "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 G3 b3 Q3 q" s0 F; }3 b6 D
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 M6 X: U7 h# Q8 O) {
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
6 _; c# i: A% A; r4 N) F* T& W over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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) Z, ]1 `7 i6 u, y9 n1 \1 | "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
! u1 l9 N% A! t4 d) M8 H trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & o4 K: {+ e8 ?
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of # E% l0 { O: `- b* ]
plaster."
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/ ~) A, M4 z5 @) ^9 A8 U! L$ `' L "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: f' ?$ K ?6 |' v$ B W the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' d* R3 ~% T2 ~" `$ S/ c7 Y
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 ]. p0 @) e l* @9 K/ C" K4 _4 q1 n
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: S, t3 i8 U3 j! Q: V the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
% T+ z& w5 ]4 ~ f! E _" N year they send us a complete dick." |
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