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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 e: H3 |+ Y! v8 f* P5 o) G
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; T3 }, Y$ h& O1 h& U books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# S8 {/ V2 q" J! Z5 n lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
, }6 }( m8 b# f+ f( B1 R G 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
R; ^# l- F- Z, Y8 L, Z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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9 E+ y ]. J: ` "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / h# v0 d5 Z. z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 a2 i* }1 A1 ?; a
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
/ O( Z* Y( i4 k! U: d& d4 @* h over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 1 E5 _0 o8 m$ Y: n
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 0 ?& R, M% F. }6 f+ u) _* _1 F- r |
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
+ Y8 v7 G. A) I6 X7 [, k! q plaster."
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" R& B: m# x. P( S/ A" w "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 3 ^% C5 p, {8 ^0 z. X0 r: |- C" D
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the " e$ E! }2 G* J3 L0 }
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 T( p) p( Z# l7 l* d' G# N- W
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 h4 h1 r3 u' a3 I k; H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( ?5 s& Q* f1 T& o; Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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