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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
) n0 k; u* x3 \. L1 M audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 [1 z5 d$ @0 A' k( y k; ` books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 E( ?. ]" N9 V! B lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 6 k* H& ?: n" e+ P
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
: n: n5 S+ |8 U4 h the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ! d( u8 J V8 ^% q2 e
bandages."
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5 D: o; z8 X& i: q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
1 `: W s2 I4 x! { question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
6 L# e# u$ g* T. T1 S "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 c8 i {2 {- k/ Z
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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0 W7 Y& W4 b% b8 [1 |2 \: Y "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to " l) e }& ?9 K! W# N. o3 N
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to / X6 X% ~% B& z" L3 ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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+ V( l N2 x: o" v7 o5 }: r* e$ ] "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
3 r8 j' Y, w" U: G the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + G- l% Z8 {0 N6 E; @* g
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" , D; m) G% J- U/ ^3 k
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all - k: P0 \" @; z8 S
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ e/ ?! ~4 J2 j3 ]' w+ D) o5 A
year they send us a complete dick." |
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