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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" u8 l+ q! P/ [( Z% s2 _6 |) M# @ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 j- k$ I2 O8 R' E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 P6 R. g5 \; B& `" ^ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
+ Q4 _, \4 }# t little left to be of any use?" 3 v4 O- N& R) j- z* u
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to % X: t4 g# p( d1 z' S& d3 Y8 _
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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0 h" | h) b; y7 ~: v "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
" `2 \/ \) S! U R) @4 E, R# B2 d1 u3 h question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 @4 V) M5 m) ^" H
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + i; j5 N) H: g" p4 n
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 U& O: X$ }5 I C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - |4 D9 i% W9 E: K/ I- F
plaster." ! O" o6 ^) X9 J" t \! c
/ n- V+ P L* Q6 y7 b. f% y2 _% b. @ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
. J! j/ r. A" M1 s; a the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. A3 M- `6 k5 C# ~# M leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : N5 {" w3 t8 i/ y. l, A7 ^
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , J5 u5 r1 V) q' |& I
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ y3 Y% c4 v6 G8 v( L& a) J year they send us a complete dick." |
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