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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 1 v% V. F& { U! a. y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 h- \) n, Y9 C books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( h z+ @7 a3 x4 i
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( R" ?( \$ b6 ?1 O- @) q: V little left to be of any use?" 3 V. r' V7 ^3 D( f3 M& Y. e
* ?+ N: Q w0 h# v- w+ D* X "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 9 M& i8 H* l5 R8 Z4 L
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
# V$ `* \+ q" `' J+ g' B$ d bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' V+ ~4 f( L M" i$ v
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
' @& X- x( I9 i9 `1 V+ O5 q "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
) @/ P# E% h) ^( S) z& w over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! t& d" P/ y( F1 h
$ a% _! E* }& s6 C "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
, H9 t# T8 z. y8 L/ t: c' t6 q/ _ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 0 k& F! F @3 _5 v0 p; f1 Y: M
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 R4 q5 j; p+ Q6 Q
plaster."
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p% E+ e6 `4 h1 W1 y5 b4 ^ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
) I. |4 @9 }# P the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 U) C1 h+ y* H leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : I7 F6 y9 I9 T1 u9 Z& D1 w
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 n+ `& `' D4 o; t4 x. ~ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 e* p) v, z: n year they send us a complete dick." |
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