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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
; b8 G, X0 a: R! X1 n% d1 I audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 6 J% s0 s% p/ C
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# `0 o' x8 S ?& E+ K: i5 v, t lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too % c( R( E" r) e0 w- U- \
little left to be of any use?" + b7 V7 G7 l8 m
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 M* @! m2 [" ?' f, O. ~ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual . n; ^& } l( x& i+ g& F2 `
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
1 k7 C! Q8 q$ A4 c' ~0 m: M "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left & `; m- s3 H' x/ L
over after setting a cast on a patient?" & T: j: I. @, w+ g% M) ^$ D& l
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to : U% N$ |0 y H
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( _* `2 a+ o$ s# ?& H N7 V the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
+ H9 V! w# _$ C plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
+ y% f# e$ F9 }, B the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 3 f0 h" u" r& R* j* @1 R& T
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) T; T ~6 [* O* {3 M' q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
) P, m* |, r- P0 R5 K+ c( ^ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 y- r- |3 g3 c# Z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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