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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ( R* W% \, w- s. K& j
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - ]1 f: g1 ~- z6 v v8 k9 m
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 s) E z% a6 r" o: c: \3 U
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " F r" A/ `: P% i" e4 Q
little left to be of any use?" & a- l- D+ i. P4 y9 B
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + p' A" o8 b" G" P$ l3 Y) q+ x
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / a6 j0 c# Z0 X1 E! {
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual m8 @! g* [2 z9 u' \6 q' m% h V8 R
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
2 F. E) k' y$ e5 Y% g) @8 r$ c6 S "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
2 ~% F# a2 {1 Q" ~ over after setting a cast on a patient?" 1 D( P5 p+ k$ q q, X" E0 a# F3 {
$ C9 O* b" ?, @ b5 A$ M( A+ G "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 G5 b" V. ^( T) i& E4 H0 Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
% S, }% c3 }6 V' R7 F the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of " u( @: N7 q% f& a
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , z0 {/ U5 i A
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the $ T- S% ?$ ?. b" v7 a- r
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 q! Z& W! w8 y2 I
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
! _% U2 Q% [# D/ O+ y4 } the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 T5 O1 [7 p; \, O: Z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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