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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
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books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 T+ Y& w+ W! f* @: t2 y+ l2 H lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
9 E5 m8 @( i% T1 Z6 d 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 # J! x1 X0 t3 [
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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4 v V+ G) k: a* h, N1 @ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual % I+ n4 n2 K: A5 u/ r
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
! r- h i" T# Z0 G: w( l "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( B! j+ M* b% {6 }( Q
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 p- t- B$ e. Q6 _( J5 ]! u* z
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 _9 c) _; d2 H9 U! B1 V trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 1 S, K+ n- b4 \! H. F# N$ W7 E
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 {6 p+ N( |& | N
plaster." 3 {2 A2 w. l! ?! h
. _% w8 ^# T, l3 B8 c/ [ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" Y# R! |, N5 @8 p the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * v1 u# D0 A9 ^# o( u, R& j
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " h# h; n: M) v% Z: T
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 ]& ?; b3 _7 \" R1 ]" Z S7 z the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 x, z- R3 s' ^
year they send us a complete dick." |
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