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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
5 r* M6 v+ k+ n" W6 Q+ q- { audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the : d) l2 O5 ~& S- g$ X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a) d' r. b" `8 ?3 F: {, X
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too # R+ T; d% R4 j
little left to be of any use?" 9 T, P# T0 a; J
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 9 B3 J, g9 e |# q& P( \* j
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' e1 z! y- l4 c1 Y( H1 I1 d
bandages."
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/ U/ \2 m4 ~$ x "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # ]" l0 q W; T) E2 i
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! i8 B( r, B- `
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
, V7 r' f% k5 H& t* X. v over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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9 G% K: n: S$ p; [' ^$ r' V- p' D9 L "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 ]# |) x) }' y3 m0 f7 i. S
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to / l7 B- A4 t: `$ Q. W
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of + ]4 x1 k/ A9 o* l) f
plaster." 0 ^; E8 d9 |; c6 O. h
* m$ s$ }2 X3 T/ u. u "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
5 ]5 Z7 \- I* t- y+ l j the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 m) M. F0 {( g) ` leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / J1 c2 w. p) X
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & c/ v, ?) N& B F3 \' ?1 \
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 s' L) B, x: o% f* t3 p9 a* F. m" g+ y
year they send us a complete dick." |
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