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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # w3 H2 v f& z& K
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 L0 r. Z* c2 R books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
5 Q- ^3 [: _: n* J7 V/ Z" a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 8 o8 b; t% D; L: j, r5 Z, h( n
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. A3 A1 B% w" Y# u the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 |0 }" R# D! X$ d. W% V2 ~
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
m* V. z' Q+ h( y6 W" G5 b: u& t question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ m$ V% ^% Y |! S" I "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left . q% O$ C. ~2 _. p7 U) g
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- P3 c) L2 y% r. }; {+ H trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: H# F1 p0 r9 ^" f the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
6 K j; @% w/ i3 y& I5 [ plaster."
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: S& H5 R1 O* F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# D5 P- T/ z1 C6 K! L9 K- Y the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; d, a' [) d, ^* g1 ~! i leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . l+ u5 e; t/ n- s t
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. _2 N( `4 D" {0 j. G the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* p5 y9 @2 ^5 h% O1 B. C3 w year they send us a complete dick." |
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