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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
, a) | X# R ^% N6 h: [; q4 ^1 S+ `' d audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 l# l! S E2 e$ a( \2 B
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- h$ R0 Q' x: A1 n. V
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# C2 j: m4 J4 i little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ) ~7 e* w. Z$ k |
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % C+ v: [- T! E% o; b4 s* R8 q+ x
bandages." $ t. [6 U3 k* _6 ^2 ?# X& I' M
' y$ P4 H) Q, T( o9 y" v9 M "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
. v4 f2 t9 }' v+ P, ] e question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 w. ~* y4 N) b
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
, i& w p2 U$ `3 A& \9 _+ q0 F+ p over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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# c, Q6 |- S2 M' N! ?% l "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 }# Y1 A3 c' z2 x( }- Z3 M
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to : K7 [" E- _ G" n4 X* r
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of & P2 B: @* K3 }: h% U$ [
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
$ w/ ?6 q/ J+ S the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
' f T# q3 F% T leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . U$ g; J3 \) B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 4 l. `2 a8 n1 N
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( `. \6 h' f3 J! ^1 D year they send us a complete dick." |
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