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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to $ W" P) r: v. K# H1 t% O
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the , W6 [0 i9 g/ H
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, C" [2 X7 K2 o" D lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' b4 u. a8 d0 K' M little left to be of any use?" 1 \% C4 u5 n5 @6 [0 @" ?
: S- z5 }$ t" r J: X. i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to E+ [5 t8 ~, n# V
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 ! C* ~: _7 g. a- d
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! b; D3 E. V$ ^) K) V2 C y
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ! E% Z L- y* E, U4 ~/ M* i
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ; W" M2 e6 o3 q6 j$ ~6 x
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to W" V! G% x2 d! J+ q4 }6 S
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 8 {4 v4 o! {! R
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of + c/ T, r: ^5 C' _
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& T! [& [( k5 K+ W% B ]' Y% r the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' `1 X) Z5 R8 E) s v' k" B
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 3 s0 X; l# X* Z9 y# R- S
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 M' L2 m3 j, [# p
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- n9 Q6 U. s {% t0 ] d$ o! } year they send us a complete dick." |
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