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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 {/ m) f1 V4 s2 u
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 g3 F! R# n' V ~. u books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, z3 h* z! s+ B* T+ q1 V
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
, n+ w T! Z' X W: `$ r2 m little left to be of any use?" 4 I% g1 J/ o4 D$ y1 @8 O
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to $ l: [5 x. P q B! g
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
+ i9 V: i; Q$ |) n bandages."
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* A' v- }/ A9 u% p3 N/ V: ?! m p "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 d8 J: S. t' P, x
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 \% V+ R" f) [) u) X
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 9 z, o! h' E( R; w9 U2 P4 ~
over after setting a cast on a patient?" D% c7 v4 A) y+ G' @, V
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & g" W3 Y6 \3 b( w0 U t
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + l" {, e) x7 f) u! s
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ( t6 i0 B3 p4 m' X* ~( a0 f
plaster." , H: ~/ ]# q, S1 M& g [, q
9 W" o) X s6 R; R# i- ~+ D# p "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster # M# u. a* E1 Y$ a2 Y, A# d
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the E' S& Y3 W3 E! h9 C' i
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 a0 z# H1 w3 P0 H9 H: p
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all $ R$ Y4 R E3 E3 T* S2 v, A
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 5 F0 N, w: I+ q0 r. v
year they send us a complete dick." |
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