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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 B( r' W7 }- M/ c: O2 l2 S audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # ]# I8 C8 S+ d/ k' Y# C& P; `% w* R
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 v& A4 c- u, W Z8 w: p
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too - p4 I' \4 [5 T7 c
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
1 ^6 ?; L U4 y- f1 y the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ; c2 Z1 k3 Y9 ]3 n* p) A+ Q
bandages."
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# n% [! k5 @ k "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& y6 U1 |+ n* Q7 [ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 6 k' l" F& `; |( F
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left , @! ?+ F( x4 H2 Q8 L3 L, e
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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( l1 c2 p( i8 s9 J$ ?' A9 Z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
/ O% x" W, t5 V5 `' c# S5 b# J5 n trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 0 O- b# ^& O# T; ^! T! q' c+ A
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 C% B6 {; f4 \4 B/ s8 J
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
3 V; o& `; T! ?. F the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% `; e3 R) r5 [: j. v7 A8 z leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - q* b, H/ L/ q. N- ]
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( F- A! @/ Q2 N& k0 q% d* G, G c
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
q* P ?, t9 O) q* ^; g year they send us a complete dick." |
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