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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# g" ^' F1 h$ x, a! R5 l audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
O# ~$ e T5 l. Y; q/ E1 q books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 p1 c0 Y7 S! t% f% S8 P2 Q lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 9 F+ u! O5 E$ F; I* W2 e
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 T$ L6 M# @- _- k. i
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ |5 W0 S ?4 g. l% z# E' ?$ J( k7 X bandages." . [8 S2 K7 S' B6 { @2 F b
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 o& Q/ m3 L$ V! b+ T
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" E+ L( d( `) A/ {& X. P "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) G3 Z5 h7 m5 K0 y" N' H
over after setting a cast on a patient?" . r; P9 a' Q+ r
, B% }/ x' i: j4 S: y, J3 ` "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - C' x' J D# u, J& k# I' \' E
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ( I4 {% d7 Q6 y' a% o# a6 m
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ; d: b |4 D: V9 P' j: l1 B$ N
plaster." ) q# d3 O3 }% v! K( z
. S) G$ N' X2 D0 V3 \. F4 _: o "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
8 G* w* [: D9 |* m the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
& X; T/ O, k5 k- [4 c% Q+ M" f" V leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 Y# _1 l E' l; J0 P, I1 a
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " U# e6 B* a( Q5 r; ^# |
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
$ Z) ?! [- n7 _ year they send us a complete dick." |
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