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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
& z: }1 R% X$ j/ o9 j) ^ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
9 ` M, _. i" T" e0 s! \ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* z5 |7 g' j1 l& f
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ! z# G( M9 A( E
little left to be of any use?"
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8 k( ~8 D' f- ?+ _7 N, {0 a "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
3 M3 Z+ @( J* [: {+ k8 J7 v0 k the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of " S5 s2 x( u3 A7 y
bandages." 5 f a5 V% G, @6 [6 A
9 x, {8 q0 b' L$ Q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 3 V- q* ]# G5 L6 ]0 c
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! G! r9 H7 L! z- x/ A
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( o E( K' D! B& ^0 X) v! j
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ' h* b( H6 z' \: t# {
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & o5 G. R- R% x9 o# ?: b
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % U4 s1 E5 g2 \
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 O/ t$ { n5 w
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" ^+ C4 Q- N9 t& j: q leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 m- o' h$ X, {
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 g4 ~: t1 ]4 x$ R; _; l
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ( K; [4 D1 ]: w1 ^1 }0 l7 F
year they send us a complete dick." |
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