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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
( h& r& h! k0 L; z audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the $ ~! U& ]' e! o7 q6 V
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ d7 A- ?8 t" d( X4 _
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" z) U* ?2 ^. ]5 {5 i little left to be of any use?" 0 [8 a- v1 t9 E8 y: m. C
K3 q* u) J! R! U# P "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
- C* B. ] ~4 H5 e- }2 @! s3 J the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 j+ N L+ t1 M6 H$ u2 {; u, V bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 z2 |# R0 r5 A! |4 A K: w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
$ K" X! o: y! f& j3 k) I1 g "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 1 ?$ U, _% ?( T: _3 ]% ~
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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8 c* v* }/ c7 u "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
' Q& Y6 b! d2 d/ I% h ? trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ d4 g g: N1 v4 x! c$ C
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 w9 Q' E0 ~- P. P6 m plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; L# a( H6 ~- b* q
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! f% V% y9 k5 T: {
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 h+ m; X, _/ h* J
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 f/ n& n9 u7 | C3 y0 K the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
3 a( C d$ `3 W/ n9 ]# r( [9 p year they send us a complete dick." |
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