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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to / c" R9 r7 Y' I ]; t
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
3 h- B* c8 Y! R! x Q) f) N: N! x books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a% v: E6 s1 q. H
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
: O% e$ `0 N& m- K( a9 u) A& s0 L X little left to be of any use?" 4 W6 a. n& t' q' g+ T4 I
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& m- d4 s2 a% j4 M, X the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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5 ^+ [1 g) Z$ Z! s( ]- h' q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 D* s" C% U: {4 e3 g& b: k question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
0 c! _" s, h5 D9 _! | "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ' C6 A$ o" ?8 J1 H- m
over after setting a cast on a patient?" % D8 Y& i8 S% M
4 n1 d& j- }8 | "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
7 ?8 L2 D5 H9 j, k trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
. N0 g. }8 T) ]+ G4 ~& C/ n the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
0 H# h/ } p! @* q3 {- r+ M( c, d7 R+ ~ plaster."
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9 M( M$ ]# _1 ?+ J: u- `/ ] "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster - Z: @2 R6 X4 H( k/ K, @- N
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the " [; T, W- F4 G3 Z+ ]3 x) l y# s' L
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
0 @; P5 {+ F6 Q6 _6 Y7 r4 U. s T: n "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ^- c4 U4 c" j* C4 f( c, J
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 T( b/ c: x$ p$ V! w5 V" Q6 z year they send us a complete dick." |
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