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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 W8 ?# I* C, `) h: G3 b G
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 |- L& g! J: q
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, B0 m' s2 Q: \* p' ^; B lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# k7 W2 z1 B, U# }. ?) e little left to be of any use?" 0 S/ A4 y2 ?5 O* S' F5 H
$ G( P8 h( T& u) M3 `% p2 U "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ( c5 w! i, T# N* c& t
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # G0 o( n4 N# R. e0 v" h0 @9 Y9 }4 @
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
( d; c) m& Y4 D( [, z5 j4 ] question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 5 ]$ M: D. _( _3 K
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
6 Y6 _4 H# r; H3 ^6 ?' J+ u over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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6 t4 ]& E8 k8 h: o/ s+ z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ n1 \6 o: b8 Q+ S0 Z
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' G3 r. d9 i3 Y, s% c8 t7 g. j the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
- h2 W. E( ~$ |: B& A: @; L% o/ `+ [ plaster." 0 e; t( t1 W! \' o9 Y2 O
3 K* A& M: w5 W8 |! W3 I# { "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster . O. z( Q A; N# c! H
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 |& y7 Q% v' @7 f leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 _4 _) w2 c0 @3 ^1 E$ a
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
$ t% z: H/ n4 a- x* l the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a & F$ H2 d- |+ y. Q1 n7 L; ?: K
year they send us a complete dick." |
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