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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
& \5 K& t8 r$ I( E. t. p* j audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 8 \- F% ]6 H# R, W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
8 x* g9 g7 ?% m- g4 e" ^/ {, }. G lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 4 f- p! s. l/ j
little left to be of any use?" 9 H( C) l3 L4 X9 E4 [0 }7 h2 y) q
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to , P3 n$ A: I2 n$ |' s
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
% k" x- m( F. O9 q/ r bandages."
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* W7 |' e& Q' n+ w/ ? "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ! ]2 i+ A6 q% q; v
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 T" e4 [5 o7 H "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left $ T q$ M3 W/ I, ?+ [" Q
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to * U/ m1 S6 N8 ?, x# L
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to : Z* W, T7 n5 y/ I' }& t5 b% K! l
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 l( i$ @9 v; l$ U) p. u
plaster." 7 M8 e' A1 O4 w( _; O9 @
* H/ h/ j( A: B6 @& v "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / P+ Q2 Z8 e5 n# v: l& C8 |' _
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 m" D3 G$ ^7 b4 i5 t$ m
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
! Z( R; }0 r. ^: A& F9 I" p# t "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
3 Q9 u# l T/ E2 w the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- M: o( [( ?3 X5 u5 U year they send us a complete dick." |
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