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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
7 A. ]9 K7 q$ ^8 o F7 s d- ] audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 m, {+ w7 i6 D2 F5 Y
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
9 N. S, ~3 `) N lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 ~0 h- V6 V8 Q2 w1 l: D little left to be of any use?"
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* q5 E8 L, f# o4 h# U5 E( F$ K% b6 P "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 i p+ F+ p( k, l. y9 H1 T the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 6 _& H$ G. m5 [! s8 o
bandages."
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, O, H; u8 Q3 T "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual $ w1 d) l; t. p1 {5 H0 f4 D9 t8 N
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 G C' k- Y+ N) C "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 d, }% N) `5 n
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 0 T& L+ g; Z5 n* g/ [
8 ^) s/ A C5 \ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( i# P4 [, D2 I/ R" d X, ? trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 S! J6 _9 Y* Q8 ? o the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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# Q; D! {" w6 R' g2 n* D "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 {. L/ J4 J c+ R8 A7 a: | the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the : T, N L/ |* F% F0 l# P; r/ j3 x
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
7 A# `6 K/ x0 A% z5 p "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " ?- N/ c% ^* v9 e+ |9 B
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ; L5 Q9 A& P( M
year they send us a complete dick." |
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