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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 D/ L M; x# @, h- L5 |* n) D& \
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the / g8 ], H0 `7 m; r8 z
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
; ~, M. m) p2 i+ ^/ f( } lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 @' c" ^- \: n7 n little left to be of any use?" + a, L( i* ?6 O( x) i+ `
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to : r2 b7 r$ K0 W. e7 O, W
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
2 p/ `+ K& C" N9 y& d; X; B$ R9 ? question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
5 w# r& ~: q1 z& l2 y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 |# V- e& p0 o! e1 @6 ? over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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( m+ ]8 e9 c! w/ ]% l0 D "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 F* u+ x2 b- }! s# F2 p6 h* y/ q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ; N* W g7 L, u
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! p( ?' Y- O; Q* d" ?8 \
plaster." C- {0 l6 F' j1 H. X/ |) q: ~+ a
) I% D/ e4 n O i "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
Z. J8 t* Z: ^# r: l the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 a, h. d9 @5 i! F6 ^. b leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 M1 M/ H7 W% K6 [1 u: v "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + j1 L; g( r- T* A
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
M4 _4 X. g4 c7 f- \. g" F year they send us a complete dick." |
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