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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" D3 X" n# B8 f c audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the & {, L" s- ~8 ^1 T
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
/ G- m0 i# p4 M7 d+ ]4 S* N lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 O+ |1 O; M4 L6 J2 P7 S7 @9 u6 `
little left to be of any use?"
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0 L4 s3 `; t- V& K6 w7 J) Z "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
9 d" j9 c# p$ D( ~ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 `/ y( p6 z. ~5 H; {2 F# q
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 6 U* q6 d0 l% Y5 U$ B, D6 o
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left / F1 a# b4 U) K/ A( m7 E
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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% C) m; |' a( l! t/ O8 o "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
1 Z. C% d' q+ i trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & w6 r' d; x7 T* W( r% f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 C9 l z ` L" I4 T
plaster." 9 g, T1 O; u4 a9 `3 y- @5 ?
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
( f, `# V, B/ E& W the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 g& n0 O! Z5 g/ E leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
/ U8 d) f* p& l/ x q "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & y2 z0 Z9 o l% _3 k
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! r& j0 k6 K8 R- O% E) S+ }/ h/ `
year they send us a complete dick." |
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