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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . j" K9 t( e6 u6 E9 D
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ( ^( n8 s# Z' f1 Z
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' l2 E0 k2 h* Q5 b |( ?
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ `( ~$ ~2 K- {) I 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 - F# W, d( h! Z2 p4 \& @0 P
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of * P; D( i. z: }# l: w* O2 q7 g2 r! N
bandages." ' z% C! b6 |3 b6 [) n( Z/ p
: D, ]; w- [( \, F9 }0 g "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual $ s j/ \5 p% B- F0 Z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
) K$ V; {6 Y% W: ?# o& ~. [. S "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 c, o, ]$ |4 _/ z: w" | g( ]9 y$ Q over after setting a cast on a patient?" % B& F- H) A( j' i% G6 D
+ z3 q' `$ ]9 {( f7 x6 j+ i "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
$ H4 y2 ^9 t% V. ? trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 8 \) O6 j) J7 I
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
( l) J! m; t1 s$ v1 b ^ plaster." + r0 f: L2 }* ~7 c+ z1 W- J
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 _+ U. c; c3 r# R9 N0 U the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' A$ |) J9 f- K k
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 o! T5 |$ x5 W$ f: H" b; H3 @ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , Q) e+ e, {3 o- o
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! Q1 F- u. d3 R" w$ f" S year they send us a complete dick." |
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