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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
5 X6 I* l8 L3 m/ { audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! M. ]. z. R6 [. y% M! k9 W* E
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& T* z: ^6 F4 J( u! P6 e lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
0 i% e+ i+ g, ]; h. m little left to be of any use?" & K7 P" g, u& \. s
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
0 g- w; A2 t0 @1 X0 J$ K the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 w; Y# E1 ^: r4 l: Y; P bandages." ) b9 `: ^ U6 {- Y+ x/ `
* [! v, q, p3 v% S "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 o; \1 [$ a A6 Z6 W: L! L3 K" n
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 6 ^" a: c. R* L+ N
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
6 y" o) Z% \, G over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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$ V5 M# T1 x- g "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to . F/ H: I( q+ c" q5 W
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ w4 x a# y* |/ a1 s: X
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ) r( ]7 z( j) d& _, b
plaster." % H% ^, h3 e$ F2 j1 Q3 L
5 S4 t* A1 o; Y' a "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
* F* m% i9 E7 D the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' d; e2 r9 T6 L3 c
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - k5 e; \7 ~. ^! B9 Z# ?8 v* D
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / p" @0 _3 m2 o* v5 ?0 d
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 8 n& k8 G/ Q. i& h
year they send us a complete dick." |
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