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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ( @4 F U. r, ]
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! E3 f J8 w: {. S1 H- r0 ~8 Q7 j0 {
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
* l) e6 v! R0 [0 H" x4 B lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
+ }1 T9 d& q5 w9 p: E+ o9 P little left to be of any use?" ; V, x5 k$ \; `& t
2 \8 I1 B( F# M2 } "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
4 Q* u% P& ~* [% W: T6 @3 \* }6 w the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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, E, J, {: T! K$ F, S "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 B, q [9 G2 M2 g6 t/ Z8 {
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. $ l( a) V0 Y! w) _+ b: p2 k
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
0 j! \/ ?, K1 q6 k% K3 X over after setting a cast on a patient?" ; u: U1 ~. W- \/ k; s/ a( L; F/ h
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% l4 v& b* x. G2 U; V+ p trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 p; R$ j0 t9 C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 G& U; ]1 C8 {2 b$ i plaster." - _& ?7 T/ p' B+ g( ^
: p7 W# d3 d4 V* r6 D8 b "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
+ o4 X& I. r4 z& ]! L5 p the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the / ~/ \! i" ^! N; N" g
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 J J4 V; [4 C. q. b7 g( ~. V# f "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
$ C- x# q! c" i# B! c3 y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ r7 j# V+ t( c. U* _/ q" k
year they send us a complete dick." |
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