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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to - L( v1 _* n1 P
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 D6 R4 y6 h$ z H `" F$ A w7 U) _ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
+ E" k7 p$ @; B' Q- p' C8 u% B; k lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too R# k) V# x0 |* E7 P! C% L$ E
little left to be of any use?" ! ~0 `1 `" h; l/ c2 a; Y+ E
9 O9 n8 l' ~8 | "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! [1 F I$ V: o0 H6 K! l
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
) M" ^: r! E* Y. q. ]& N* N bandages."
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7 e$ ^8 ?( h" \, v- Z0 G- h "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
# d* `9 E0 ?& k2 ]2 r5 H( L# x2 l question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; T% M! W1 K$ z
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
1 [# [7 W E3 A8 |. c2 B over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , K o" S4 N% ?: `% x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ' h }$ u( \& d* k
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : ? O6 h, x' H, c1 J* t: N
plaster." 2 {2 v/ _& l% r3 z6 |( E1 D
6 G* ]. N, g. O+ q4 o3 ?& } "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
' c# Z1 _1 q: m% | h: u# O the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 q$ E; K/ I* u4 F7 ^
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
2 z, v# k! Y5 H! f5 W8 ` "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 X3 W6 G4 ^( s; N& I: ?- f+ X the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a w6 }" v6 N ?- d: z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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