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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to c% d' E9 G J7 v" N
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
- e, d" ~" w4 v( K- Y5 O( z4 j books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a$ t: d2 j) b5 Q- ]( W6 @, s. X
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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# L" r: o. J! i. ~# f "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ I8 O! _6 ^* W! n. k5 L4 r9 U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of + k, K1 c+ a. l( U( Q) O. h
bandages." * u1 y/ L$ s6 }+ T7 `
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
2 S( x" X6 _# A; D; ^" j question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. - k0 V1 W/ P& o$ |
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 D: I [! D+ P: y1 m
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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* m8 m/ l/ }* z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 ~! d$ R' J! z/ U% t q: p trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 2 g& M8 y+ j3 }, ]2 @) n5 Q
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
7 J9 [. @7 k9 U# V6 A plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + A" H0 q) I# \6 K
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" h2 R3 g( d3 i z- Y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 f6 r' o' U1 X, D6 A8 U
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( Y0 a% h+ ?% L. A5 Y# K
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . L4 Q& Q( t+ z, O9 Q& G) {
year they send us a complete dick." |
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