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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to , ]( R4 A5 r0 C5 A* P# Z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ) D4 @) F" e8 @; {3 K7 \/ S
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' G; B" @8 _# M
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . ^3 y% V# Z/ |) _9 a2 h
little left to be of any use?" 0 S" b, S- t' R/ p- d, a8 K
7 ~# ], `6 D8 S1 u: j- m& _7 k "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 9 p$ O5 {1 J& n t5 L1 o
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 ^" E4 Q8 C) |# P4 |0 t# ~
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & g0 g' Y3 {$ d) T) @. E
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
! m+ v5 U, b Q6 J9 R6 ] "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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, h5 n% e9 m {0 L9 } "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 n% A/ l5 U1 D+ k& x; N trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 7 ^0 m6 A; ^/ Y5 N3 C" ]1 r
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ) Z% f5 X; v1 \( [- p7 N
plaster." ! X$ `' y0 w( w# `
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 [( N3 z" T( ~, C0 f4 A T the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + C9 f+ g! p+ u; Z6 h, l& T
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
: x; A+ u: O; j; }& e+ k6 S "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 i6 [! |' M8 n7 Z5 b# q4 D& I) g9 e
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
1 Q2 y4 R% k, ]4 h0 ?1 e year they send us a complete dick." |
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