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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 b# W8 D" i; z& M- ^9 h( f4 S audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 L. T5 j2 ]# ~# X/ H0 F) \- S2 ~1 w books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 x+ V; p' U1 i% x
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 4 }8 q- h8 J* |$ p- L
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 - E4 a8 i8 N5 n+ g% c' d& g% s) a$ o1 a
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
3 G& h5 a3 N+ L. } bandages." , k9 i: C6 J! S: p; d+ w/ J# j
8 }7 [$ b' t8 H% t "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
6 z. b% u: p. w question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
1 s0 U) B+ H7 ^! a1 p8 ^ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left , D0 u& e; ]8 ?) v: _2 b0 z: g
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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: k, A; z( A7 S6 ] "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; N$ I% O- D% ^4 }4 M# k0 ]& a
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 7 G( e& F- z+ n; w R( [" k0 Y3 Z
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 ^# ^4 h( H- z; r) X
plaster." : G; e" l! U! E
, W& { r0 R/ k* I' f "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " Y; u, B6 p0 T6 N! K
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the . q8 ~/ A5 ?+ f- L. V& ?
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " |; v4 m" G: o4 k6 x4 b7 t4 p0 u
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- O# F( `3 g( Y! o/ F: I" [+ f the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 j5 U. a7 w! x5 R( C9 P( ?$ ~( N' n
year they send us a complete dick." |
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