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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' \. s+ n: D6 z0 ?6 f
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ g/ I" _5 J% R' m books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 E8 y- v, ?. F- K* T" n lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 T* Y9 F. u. a) M- W little left to be of any use?" * C* k Q1 Z @# T, N5 O0 ?/ w/ d# d6 X
2 Z( l7 S, I8 U. { w, } "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
, c! c1 X3 O: G, D$ \ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 x& P5 s9 m8 \" n! x5 C
bandages." 1 Y/ U9 o0 D4 B2 u
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 \: |0 ` \1 Q
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . Z$ P7 l! W, ]& {1 Y
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
+ W9 V! {1 s/ g3 ~ over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to : d: x% b7 E% R9 [
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 2 d- x0 j$ R [# o
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 A4 P7 a8 C4 R- p9 H plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; O8 C4 i# L: O' G0 }4 i
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
! i0 m7 a7 ]: k7 |, z( L* n, | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . m! j1 d' G+ p! }& y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ! v& @& r' s& F6 U
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
: p) z' n2 F7 y, W" D% M7 c! o year they send us a complete dick." |
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