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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 S/ v- t( T( r$ a# d$ p, C
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! L! Z$ e& ~( v/ v: T$ ^7 C( e: W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a3 F( R! ?* ?" {6 g7 s
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 n0 N, q4 ~' l! o1 k little left to be of any use?" / Q- d- Y2 I+ j$ @/ g; P
: g3 m! E5 f+ |8 e1 j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * y5 y7 X) `0 X, Y. h
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
% [, \8 L# | L) g7 Y' k0 E3 n bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
" `% a/ T3 e2 m& q# q/ g question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- K$ \5 a* t; c+ d A/ j& Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
' \! B5 e$ e3 \& d2 f over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; N* K3 h* o' K+ z, G9 f
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; A: S* R @ E0 B3 r% [( [ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
, \. U: S: B6 ]* S ? plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
3 L, z& }# Q! U& x5 J! l the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! [ |3 ^* q. {5 u+ E
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
" _5 E K/ x7 U% ^' a, @ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ Y" B) O' O0 T. B the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! r" x* X8 A0 `* \, D) e4 v/ a year they send us a complete dick." |
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