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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ! e+ i: \6 M0 K; W/ J
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 X. X T8 O, Z9 X* h9 I& \ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, q! p8 Y4 r: V6 H# y* r/ ?% S
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ w- B) C0 N" k0 J little left to be of any use?" ) ?' K6 D3 I8 g6 R3 B3 Y, D; _
& V8 `* R- C9 @ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
* W. P/ d, L" D1 m the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ Y8 {1 ]: C" W" M0 t0 m* r* ] bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' Z! }# C8 }: y" @) v- J" q question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
2 v0 h Q$ t6 `, [ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
3 m! |& [/ b9 k7 C5 P$ ]* i. r D over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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& O- ^& H! W: h6 B7 a "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
# V# o O3 F* r5 j3 \ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- p/ Y" n! D3 v7 Q: ]- v4 q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 7 M" C' K8 F$ F6 L
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the j# d! h) Y# r
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ! C, ^2 }3 i* [: n; x) Q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ) g" _1 z' m# k
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . V+ N$ N8 p% W" @9 n1 y9 n
year they send us a complete dick." |
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