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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 6 e |0 s+ c& T7 s v/ q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 B1 ?1 ^' T2 U1 l5 i
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- c" C7 Z/ T) d% [/ U& @
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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/ x2 i" w& p# |0 p "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
+ c# W$ w) Q5 j- s the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 i: A' B3 |5 d! s
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual " Z; B/ N. X* p4 z4 S2 ]% G. X
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! H3 R, O8 O: w9 g
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
: O: }; o+ b( T& k) Z$ W over after setting a cast on a patient?" 8 V0 C2 a' C& F! h5 x$ k" Y
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to : B! Z4 Y+ M0 T1 J7 b; {% S% @
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; q- [ y/ g6 b$ Z% I% C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
" j2 Z- q( A5 Q plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" L+ Q* \# O5 Z' X4 f+ c: Z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 m' I) ]8 N0 A1 g
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 f. y. r$ e' Q" B6 S8 S& t% ^
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 z7 k4 w: O3 J* Z) j* g& f
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ R/ }1 ~# ?& r; K; l6 A
year they send us a complete dick." |
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