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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
! R4 Y3 ~( A7 U* T7 f audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& p( X4 @- n) a2 f& l3 M books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
; y, V4 c2 ~; v' ? lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 9 a% L: M' q; ~+ t, E9 b
little left to be of any use?"
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4 T B) [1 k% o; G# X) ` "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 9 |: r8 ?7 P; g. e/ H* D
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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7 U! V% g) t% \2 ~; n5 j* i' C "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 3 @7 j' h2 D; L7 N
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
5 s: r; \! ]! n. Q4 ^/ w: a& z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
' f7 J, ~+ u3 D8 ]8 C over after setting a cast on a patient?" , a5 C- f' q$ Y. e F1 ?( [
1 {' r5 \0 Q6 `% x4 g" c$ Z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
0 r2 o) A6 f. v8 f; O: R' J' P% @2 [ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
+ o! y# _) ^! [, G7 I; c( k4 S the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 m# p# m D0 W4 k# M' F* i* g! Y
plaster." 2 W3 |4 q6 w$ r
" D2 S# v, m' k: x+ S& M "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ R9 `& O0 L) s; ?) A7 c. | the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 4 C( B# T4 F' L" V* G
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
6 F, @: |* b' I/ w( [! e "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ' Q: A z- K; `+ L
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 c; ^. L% @+ g
year they send us a complete dick." |
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