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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
4 c1 Y! R* K* @: Z1 N. {& [2 A audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' g [0 T* x. m
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- z% }- M4 [! R0 v- K; N0 a3 z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too % v: d. f# r1 z5 g8 W6 S
little left to be of any use?" : j L. D! C q: m
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ( M$ X+ ~6 j3 ~8 q
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: o: a- B k1 [6 o w) J question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. - U5 x0 _" `7 V5 S) B
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 B. s: ~! \, Y: G9 M. I9 X8 v
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! E& ^; e& d' _" S) O( n$ x6 F' f
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to * [5 S- C5 |4 q) U" g4 A4 G# m d
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
" w2 E8 f/ U) |- O' C3 Q: @" G the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of * J1 Z( h& }" R% _6 y0 L- }9 q- B7 f
plaster." 8 B; U, ^( F5 C, w. F' {4 E
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 K! m x, f7 p0 F
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 R4 G v+ f U7 v9 l" o; J- ~% q leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 t7 m8 R9 j' Y: S6 ]! l, i "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
U) N* @3 T) c, M& P the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ( R$ T* M; k4 D
year they send us a complete dick." |
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