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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
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books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 Q4 j' x4 ?% E1 R, c) K; } lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 R0 n' q- T/ X) x8 H9 C# e' m little left to be of any use?"
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! @' Q/ k M3 `% Y "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! M Y2 b! @- e% E# K" N
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
( A; v. X3 e' i. r- f6 J; ] bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual v3 B; Q" C3 u8 \0 a. V- p2 X
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- a- V" U' G- n% f "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left / u# A8 l1 m" P# V% d1 \
over after setting a cast on a patient?" - m) e! P( I2 O) m3 r
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 \( T' L1 n7 R/ [
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' Z. l+ u1 F1 Y& c; n, C: B the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 h: r$ p) L5 T O
plaster." / R+ O" G; w- B( C! H& w. ?
( t3 \0 c. n; g' \ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
- y3 o& i+ i( v8 O2 K the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 g3 }! G0 l; s1 B; F6 b
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) Z0 G, e# [% E5 N% X+ L
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 l) H5 {8 z. G0 F the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- @4 I6 a5 y( W0 o; s year they send us a complete dick." |
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