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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # K, b0 y# n! T3 q( g; d& ]( j
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; z4 }0 c$ I' e5 c( u6 h2 @' ^ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 B" w) A! T; ]+ O4 o$ N5 w- K lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 L- N2 ?; T7 Y5 K) S4 C9 y1 c) U
little left to be of any use?" " H g% f( H1 W8 e4 J$ n6 u. N
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to . ]: j) l. J0 G' l. N/ z: O
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of @8 K% [2 w1 x1 e; p" G: z
bandages." 8 J" l/ `: G; G
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual $ a4 W' n( E- g! l
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 ~7 D3 P1 s2 Q8 l4 W, ~ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # S- Y2 u3 k% j: F& J
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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$ i q" j2 t( m7 @+ v( e \" k "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
3 U, b1 s& k" p- c% Z' X trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
3 ^$ M! k& z3 @1 ^! q" h the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 t! N. |8 _( V1 A E
plaster." + n Q1 g* y8 Q3 [, j! N
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 1 A% `9 {/ ?( s9 B. J" S# w
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
f, \- R. k. ]: ~! n- V leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ! s, q+ q% ]$ _' q6 }, `; e
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / i" }, Y$ h# w
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 8 {, P1 ?! Y8 U! @: r
year they send us a complete dick." |
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