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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
* J" A6 X) K' J$ H& K, S, T6 i8 h audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
. f$ @/ l3 `+ z& r! w1 P. N0 Z0 L books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a |2 X3 K2 @! I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " d! |# s' _7 U# k
little left to be of any use?" 1 D7 u0 [' b7 g% Q( O! G; q9 w
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 V' p4 r$ I+ T
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of & G B9 U" {9 t
bandages."
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4 t {, H' p; @ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 f* `$ `) e9 f7 U question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
# Y# d \& p* g. b* @ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
+ l6 S" E& E4 }* R, ?& C over after setting a cast on a patient?" 9 S8 |0 K0 R- j, w9 r
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to # `; T9 h% N" _6 P: V
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ' E+ l* z: o( g. e0 c5 B
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 T3 D) ~) ?3 G plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 [% G; h9 P+ U1 ?2 w0 l6 R
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 j0 E) @% J; `4 Q3 f7 a3 T leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 }! I8 W5 B3 n" t- F
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: p* E5 I1 H) p0 R the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 m, D6 H. g& @$ d' L1 z year they send us a complete dick." |
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