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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 I+ D" D: J4 Z; c4 O# e. d% g
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # e. r$ h1 Y% q& z' c
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 j& l- f3 S) }3 F1 `$ U5 f1 U$ v
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
I7 I; L x. L* ] little left to be of any use?" 2 P7 [! t% O* Y; q) i# G4 b3 p
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
4 C, k/ p. n2 a4 { the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ }" S- W! G) U8 d( m+ h bandages."
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2 r* I8 h* a5 e- ] "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
" @! J |- b, U question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
' k9 i, i4 S# q "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
+ R2 f9 N6 P- v over after setting a cast on a patient?" % Z# ^4 z U0 d
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
8 v- s5 J+ h0 e. K" e trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 2 g( c; f* L3 I
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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5 [7 G6 c( t; F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ) M; b5 V/ ?- z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
) y% \9 B1 w* U6 u8 \3 A leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + I3 _& C; ?$ D$ k+ T: S
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 K2 h3 ]; L( Q5 d7 P the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; c+ }$ C+ u$ w* R year they send us a complete dick." |
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