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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
0 n! R, t, t* R: @& F* S2 W audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 y3 L- p3 y% S1 {2 s: p books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
7 S& |* A( ~/ g# N& d5 W; O. \7 Z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
- h7 }2 j) O- ^9 ] 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
. n5 t7 n1 P9 h+ P' A8 C8 ~4 g the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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1 ~' h& u3 _" H5 J r) t# Z; ` "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / [5 [+ M- i% a8 x& Y; r- r! H( P
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
* F) T" b/ n+ c9 ~ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
[4 s1 A" d$ g" ? over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 F# ^, v4 `% \+ z* M
( A8 i/ |4 k" k; ?& ^ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + S. I& e+ Y# I) V2 c( p0 e4 p
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to . Y5 F$ T0 b: y1 G6 c
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : q0 V. D( K2 M r8 [
plaster." 0 r* y5 F" g' g/ _* D8 v! k8 A2 T
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 W$ X3 R, u/ w the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + O9 }4 f- Q' |! U, \ C
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) F D {) c: g. O0 Z# F4 G* `0 D
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
' o+ f& S. q. c+ u; o3 p+ T8 p the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! \! M+ q S/ j) I4 @ v k# C year they send us a complete dick." |
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