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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
j- G# q+ ]) l: A audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
* P) u7 {/ ]) N! ~5 J books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* M+ W! \8 ^/ y
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too + J2 q' |7 ?# L3 ~9 A' R
little left to be of any use?" ' O$ H: I4 W) \$ J& i
4 f9 V7 r, S7 k0 }9 o4 B( B "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ ]$ ], V. C/ a A7 z9 U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # r% B. [6 D5 Y) J
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
8 T) Z- Y3 ?7 ^6 ^* C) W question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
( V6 c. i2 T3 U$ | "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 2 ^6 I4 Q3 M6 I1 j; ~& x0 X; j
over after setting a cast on a patient?" : U0 a/ w/ ]& N% D; u
8 h# P) A& H6 }4 u "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( q" w# H: t- y) q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 v' J/ T5 X" o8 ^, g6 g the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 I8 L3 I/ @' v' {! h( ` plaster."
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8 @/ z+ o, @2 g$ v) C8 V, i "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ( Y7 M% Z- }7 u4 w$ ?; \
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
+ d) @" T7 C0 p! ` leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " A0 M' `! }/ P
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all % F2 y* Y( D4 a: e1 l" z- Z% B( H; E
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
) e+ S! H) `- _% t( @) U year they send us a complete dick." |
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