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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
Q0 j M# w( o' }( A8 \/ Y audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ ~7 b. P% w; |% v# x/ X- a! W books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
" p! X" }/ d4 G9 z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ) o/ }3 G% G8 d9 Y- R a9 M$ ~6 z+ f$ b
little left to be of any use?" " d. Q+ T) T {1 H
# h' Z$ _9 a+ Y9 O3 k8 ]( [9 G "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! _2 v; W+ q1 J! ~ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % T0 w& r1 r9 E# n% g+ S& t
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 T$ X; w0 P( ]. K- p5 r question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
6 `0 N2 a# v2 a# T/ D) ~: J "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 M+ v2 G$ W4 ?' n+ e, j9 i
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / V, K/ q! L0 d5 S+ e5 l) F
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
2 X. ] N! O8 Y& u( M' x the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 \+ D( N2 A* y
plaster." " L8 }1 O/ Q' }, S/ J/ o1 C
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 y1 O. }! |1 M. g( d
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + ]; ^( b5 z5 X3 f. b
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
1 m7 q+ U, V0 f* ]5 c* l "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 I/ l6 p- @' G
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
4 \$ S, C5 k; U year they send us a complete dick." |
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