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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
3 N9 @" r: {$ G2 P3 v/ \# \ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 k) Q+ m% t6 e; p6 n5 Q4 v& D books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
J! y6 Q1 D# E/ V" M* o5 _& @& B) p lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 n" e/ A q. A& e little left to be of any use?" 1 B* @ }% Y7 b& ?1 l% f* b
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to $ e# X. W0 n8 L; a! g% e
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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) ^1 S* g( u0 M3 ~( u, F6 N "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: G1 J5 h- \- H% B; I5 ?) ] question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % M- n- U- ]% c4 |5 X
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
1 D: n! l4 {3 ]+ G9 K# z over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 G! A% l) |# H% W
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( j) G* z+ I0 \4 k6 X( Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) B _9 y/ N% Z4 R9 Q
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
1 E' _( _6 A% E: s7 F# b9 W* @# h) Y plaster."
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3 C* `' ~9 W1 C) Z" ?2 G. j "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / z( L* x7 O* T* L# W) G
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 4 f7 E7 B1 C, }( H* ]
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ! E! L$ |- T0 a' }) y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
0 r3 U0 K4 |6 l$ L+ z% j2 M# [5 H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- G7 q% e% D% e% H' ` year they send us a complete dick." |
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