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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 F0 c# i: G8 q: H- ~
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 a, k5 ]) ]7 k* v' z8 f# } books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a1 Y( V/ M' x" T. W9 L
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 0 c+ \6 a2 d3 y$ j; ?
little left to be of any use?" , h# D( k3 W9 n8 t' ]. P
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: }4 I; F6 ^7 M2 p4 _ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
2 s$ b# V5 U; F. j p bandages." # t( H- G' O+ T. x
) W; I$ ^, ~6 B "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
2 b; h8 R# W( g6 y9 D question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! l3 I. t9 p& A' ]6 p; Y/ [
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left * J `6 c) y2 l9 a
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 2 c/ t$ P' L) u( W1 j9 [) k" G) P3 ]# ^
* I. Z7 D( u& |! u1 _ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- g6 z3 T# m* ?5 }& g trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# Q+ k" L; I; a the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
+ T0 M" \: a6 }' K plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 ?$ ]3 }. O6 R* {0 \0 N# e the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 Z M& J+ T5 g' W( ]& \* a leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
- R! _1 Z( ^' ?% L0 n0 o8 e/ I "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / {$ s% V) C7 E" k/ |
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
0 ?9 |1 w3 r& x0 u" q3 B9 o year they send us a complete dick." |
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