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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 j, [4 P+ ]7 ^1 R& f! J" q5 f audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the % N3 [$ r A* f8 Y, d
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a$ F5 u+ N$ ~& y8 z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# c, s1 M2 T( X# e9 Y" I. T1 I little left to be of any use?"
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" _7 r3 \) t' I/ _, p" m* N "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. k. B, t; n. e the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of . o1 O' n- z$ I( W6 P x+ @, @1 r
bandages." ( u1 Q9 [- P% w$ H. ~8 G3 q- X9 {
& @6 f* [) |3 {1 w2 X( W) @8 V "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
( r5 G8 w( e) R) u7 K$ x+ E/ e& T6 t question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
+ M) U) u- A$ \' a5 c: k' ^2 X T "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 2 `4 T# e% T% ?& L
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 7 i; W2 J! G$ p$ b+ ` t& A0 E* g
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - I+ X# N. {/ K$ b* V, X8 P' a8 j
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ?, g: H% \8 E6 P' A5 d
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 3 V, o1 ~* S! z1 `6 S
plaster." 8 M3 N# X; t7 g
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
! }6 E8 L$ E9 j+ Y, P: ]7 V. f# b) D the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ; q4 C' z9 g9 o. y3 G3 M) X
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : s0 J3 m8 S6 s F
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 ~' U- I( w' H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
4 k% Y. r3 q# j2 f, F year they send us a complete dick." |
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