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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ; C8 o$ i9 m+ V, P3 S
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
. |% m' ~2 a" ]9 Z8 M* x books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- l, A7 ^) k s, m P2 S
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
7 `' l' I' ]. h% t1 \ little left to be of any use?"
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: U; ~0 ?! F, X! t2 A! M/ b3 @ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
p5 r1 H9 k! T4 | the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , } Z3 F X, O4 ]
bandages." 7 q1 ^8 G3 G; w& ~/ X
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 1 F6 A' _ ]$ \" h
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. s" @; I# |/ z9 a/ {8 A "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
) p3 h8 K; j& E. R R9 y8 y0 R" e over after setting a cast on a patient?" & v# ]& Q- l% x& H' o
* g) k( e7 O* ~8 |/ N( o- z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
* X5 l# L9 B' Q+ {+ V trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
) v: v1 J5 ^6 T: R/ O/ t3 M; H the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 3 z9 F) Z' q9 e$ Q' t
plaster." : K$ l: H4 `9 `# |+ j' H
* B+ r: C/ b" C7 U. H "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , M5 u' u1 _- z0 D& t
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * p. G, T x: t, i, E6 e) n& U$ v
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 J5 O7 r% Y( x& x! M8 C
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 3 Y- n6 e2 a S. Q c$ l0 C- {3 }5 c
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a & O3 B' Y+ j, A A! C
year they send us a complete dick." |
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