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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
$ h# c" A/ Q! I, u- @ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& `- M6 j' F0 s) @ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
2 _% M/ I8 Q2 ^2 {, Z z/ S8 X" m lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 \ R5 F1 i$ n/ e9 N2 @ 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 6 X* k/ d9 a8 Y6 H7 W8 g3 T. J
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of * }9 M: ?5 h9 f
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 w# d" e6 C) U9 m; M% c3 ?8 U/ d
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
& b' A$ [3 v1 i' I3 L6 i C "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 c" b6 W+ M; \- m7 C over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 E1 ~, T* T% I( K( _# I3 |' E
+ K5 K2 x$ W; I/ g' x& Z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
C# t0 y( Q @" I1 k0 i trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# _% G, A$ C5 o- @$ \& k the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
! g2 E% C1 p( _5 p& S) c plaster." J& W* P8 d y
# D, ?( I3 E) Q- l$ P! F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
$ C. ~. C5 t1 t9 [, w9 G' F- m9 e1 { the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the % z5 T0 U4 p3 ]) d: |( \
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 e- \; }: o) g9 p
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 b. [9 c3 V4 t5 \8 R the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 Y+ F [$ h8 l4 o; C' ?0 C
year they send us a complete dick." |
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