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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 p$ _. j" q- ]) ^4 f
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
% ^& F" }# A+ k' J' h# l books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 `6 k; I5 [, ~1 N- |4 z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 7 b& h3 a& k4 E/ P: z; t, J- ?
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 5 E$ b5 O1 n& I' j4 H( B
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
3 O$ v/ ]: \8 y, A9 c( p bandages." * S& A; w+ x k2 H6 L3 q4 j
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / l: h7 ?* M J$ e: L& v
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. $ y5 e% p& g* J% X X
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% m/ z% Z) W n6 Y1 M! u3 `; Y+ X" i over after setting a cast on a patient?" / |8 l8 s5 W$ n) t
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
; i) p6 x" i8 e& b& L" k trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& g( Q4 L. }+ ^8 s: u& T the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 f7 H) } x3 [7 u plaster."
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: ? v8 f: B9 @; ~( [ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 V% {; D8 ]$ `% h1 R- [% a
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * ]' b8 f8 T! L2 L
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ! {! B6 H) Y$ x# @
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ z0 c% C* ~7 C: Q, i# b the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 e% _* e9 X2 M$ c9 c year they send us a complete dick." |
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