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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
* f5 M: I: @# X V' g. W2 E( f w audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& e7 O7 \! A8 V; U5 n! l books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& r+ v4 }# X* K+ g) M lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
0 A' l. s( K& C: } little left to be of any use?" 1 ]" L) {. V/ U2 X4 O- F! X, V& L
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to - v/ q! Q4 Z+ J8 Z. }
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of - C- [1 _* ] z% D
bandages." 6 S) G& W+ O {2 H/ D7 w5 r! R; [
8 d: s4 ]% {# r" X# ?6 {8 v "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # k( j8 Q$ t% d+ ~) g2 q
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & A6 C5 s+ }( Q3 E$ M
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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4 ]; G7 b8 ~) k- [( t "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / T f8 ]" v4 h2 o) U$ C
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 9 s: |! ^; r4 u T7 O, k2 f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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1 W6 ]+ A6 B2 [2 v! d9 h "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster . Y/ ^2 D! }% l7 N Q5 R; `' c
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) ~& _4 U) ?. V: B* l7 B6 V4 \
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - n% j w# e+ \; Q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & m, i6 Q& L2 Q# p2 T4 v. D
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! s- H T t/ z# Z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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