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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to , j8 A* e: v% U# _9 k
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
3 ?3 P/ z* K9 B- I0 T# ]- |. B books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ h: ?7 k9 `' T: k
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too , k# y" ?, A5 c* Q$ \: K! E
little left to be of any use?" - Q0 H& W& ~8 ?4 k& y
0 B3 S* _/ U1 l, v "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: Q9 V2 f; f$ |! G the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of : [% H% P" q. F' w" r( Y
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : O9 \6 |* n7 U2 T8 f& ]3 @
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , z- @) h) L |6 O4 a2 A5 q5 D8 \
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left " O$ h$ m0 b- r9 b% m. N
over after setting a cast on a patient?" - ^4 \" {$ x0 ?2 N
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 3 L- A' I( B$ L4 n0 ^+ n! S& G3 p& k/ u
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 H. S1 h7 I" Z: R
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % }* l/ V3 U5 Q. q C6 K& s
plaster." 2 j. @( t* n- j, Z h& o3 |- f
% `. @. A& P, \% W$ w" c' R% ^ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 v6 x+ N: a% n; c- a
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 i" J# A# _: F$ L leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & I" ?) j4 Q, L" O% h
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
3 y! a& ~8 H2 z4 @9 e3 b8 j* E8 r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ; W% `: z6 N$ ` O
year they send us a complete dick." |
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