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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 6 ?0 C6 p ~+ z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ |8 r/ Y! m( ~! X$ s; F books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
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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* E: I5 F$ ^
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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; R1 V1 P6 J& W "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' H* d8 {0 z1 s8 N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 R9 g9 w! D' q3 v) X' _ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left : b( S) y2 _( N
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
/ a( v, r9 J8 O _$ [/ n trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 x! j6 J0 j. f0 q8 o
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 D* Y5 f% N' Y* |% _1 z6 c$ M the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 3 P0 T+ \4 o: e& y7 I
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % u5 ]: Y; x9 h- E* g
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ |6 N+ S' z* M3 I, [/ j7 z. A the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ' R/ u; S" r0 {" S, \
year they send us a complete dick." |
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