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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 J3 j& m7 `2 N1 O( Q( n' G
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' V2 J9 O* i) f. z$ e
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a3 m. M, G }- Y8 z5 I; K+ T; {+ J
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 2 l# p j0 Y0 X+ D$ I% O
little left to be of any use?" 0 Z6 D8 ~* \* j- l( [2 Q' ]
$ K* m: o, D" p6 O5 h "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + Q/ H6 X, l6 d' i1 Y. C; ~% b
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of " N% l9 M' g3 O) N# q8 J
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : ^2 B! C: y. Z( `
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
5 X: {8 z5 U/ n/ m$ I' v "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
! K2 i5 M* Z) J, s6 @) Y3 A% q over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to " R: v5 W& M% ?
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) h% @" M" F$ ]: B/ @: M- D
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
/ \' ^ r, E: s) M/ k plaster." ! j$ _0 K- u" O5 ?! q
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
$ P9 K& `+ S* ?/ J0 z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * K M+ [) h* r3 t Q
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 `- E0 Y+ F8 z5 w/ g# @; j
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , t6 p* N4 O" C/ W3 T( }) ~
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a : ^) N2 U' g) V1 m* C
year they send us a complete dick." |
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