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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 \* Y: v1 X& J6 b
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # ^ W0 c: |* N( C5 j4 A% H
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( a3 ^: `9 H8 w P
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " P3 O3 [; _& O' T4 o6 A) ?" g1 |
little left to be of any use?" 2 \) {; m7 `8 w4 k
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to / V, d5 g* L) b. ?6 s7 j
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
& @/ g6 Z' V8 A r bandages."
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/ W4 U5 Z: W& }) G3 G" e% j2 S( m "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' j. O3 H" j2 _% E3 B( ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. O6 p0 e) O' ?# @6 F j! T; y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left * w) f% X# J' T6 I% R) \* 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 d" u- `: S8 I8 f1 W, _: b
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 m+ J. P7 e! Z( _# G8 H/ d" { the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of $ e# w P% b7 t9 S) J1 r
plaster."
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5 K4 U F0 h# ?8 q6 } "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " [, J6 s, a$ o8 O6 I5 a/ m. c
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
! w6 }# K8 v/ N" Q8 T- D leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 J' s B1 {9 u
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all : H- z/ |5 p2 \8 E7 R
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a : z _$ r% F9 v1 |( L
year they send us a complete dick." |
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