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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " C. O/ w5 o, r) w
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; E3 g1 \3 z0 L# D books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
; u# y( _. ?1 \( ], | A lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 0 s6 m1 y% O- T; a2 x
little left to be of any use?" 9 r7 _+ O0 x. s8 G7 M3 [$ Q
$ t; M a6 a1 q1 H "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 0 D: B4 h" m$ H1 \5 k- ~& `% D
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 & @: | p/ I% M K- U# E% v K: n
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
+ Q; D! e& m0 z' j6 J5 O( a% M ]; { "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ _$ N- R* W0 z0 v5 [2 \% j% p: u7 H over after setting a cast on a patient?" & w# z7 w+ k4 I' ^! y2 `. ?
% U% \( R" t! Q# \ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( `) P. ^% r4 F# ^; K: t trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % e% c) W% k5 M0 e+ y' b3 U4 l3 ]
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % U' A: _ r+ t# p6 w
plaster."
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% a+ C7 C4 Z5 D, M4 ^( y "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ' J" }. A, G& ^. L4 V z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; _# R. K2 A/ S leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" F* O/ C( Q. e% W+ q; |
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 M- O2 E+ l6 G5 K+ @8 p the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ _8 X6 }0 j5 m6 r3 k% Y year they send us a complete dick." |
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