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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" U' m" A. r+ J w$ x; s audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the % n* d0 q& Q% W6 F2 l1 \5 l
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! z! J) p0 R: P# Y: P9 Y lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 4 ^! o" d3 v/ }# q
little left to be of any use?" 4 n$ `- z3 a1 L- W h, R
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to & J+ Y0 M) {+ y. `/ ^
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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- {: n4 h0 l" E) h "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 G3 c2 j! Y6 k9 ^; H" j" h question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + v- j; `# H+ v9 ?2 t
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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; W" ~* i+ m6 Z, g7 X7 m6 O "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
# g J2 E! Y6 q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
2 \+ t Z5 q/ | the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 l- {; D! P! ]# E6 p5 w R
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ( s, C7 {; s3 Q3 B* Z3 H
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
& C7 I& v8 ~2 X$ ^- P leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ' W/ B6 p i3 }
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # ~ k' k2 |# p8 j; o
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 z( N0 r8 N: | year they send us a complete dick." |
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