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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 P3 J9 V+ q. f- y; \
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 `8 [$ E# k q3 A books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a! ^0 j) ]2 x. b7 o
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
+ c1 D+ @2 G3 M/ i+ m L7 L little left to be of any use?" 0 P A) ?$ t( ~; b0 h" [; v1 d' e( n
, i4 j% d! B* ?0 d6 i! o "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # A7 }2 X' f- K+ H1 p [; l
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
3 Y* {/ m5 N; S6 F$ G* i; F0 a* g bandages." 2 ]8 \4 h3 H. N) V
, X/ y! @! o9 b2 p2 E "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
! L7 e7 A- h, S6 q question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % ~) K( _, i2 `
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - h) p/ c L3 @5 H5 D) F$ u
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , ^1 n- [& K7 y) D' S# Z8 q
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , I+ D4 ~1 d& X" g
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 a# X- x/ H3 f9 ?
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / H8 M$ L! P( q0 a4 |/ R
plaster." % t6 w1 N5 y% q
) c- d1 v0 R' O "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& N4 x: ^, a( u0 @7 N, u0 s the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 ?* l+ @+ b7 j, P7 u leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 { e9 u) S" P D "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: C6 X- l+ j4 r& s the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a & ]! q+ N6 E" @& u( s) Y% @
year they send us a complete dick." |
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