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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 Q' i' {) Z4 n6 F- k" s
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the + W" J; s) v$ M; W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
( r8 ?. J$ F: T9 N lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( B# E" Q p" m% N9 c7 e3 R little left to be of any use?" . n8 m k! f# o; A6 z5 n. f
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # ~9 n2 R: u7 O$ p1 u
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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4 }6 h$ W5 @! [* A* H "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
/ B" K) B0 j4 N7 Z# x7 W" ? question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 j/ ]5 L2 ?! R7 s* S8 U
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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; F! d7 X: p: K/ g7 W% X9 Y "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to # j, m! f: ]% F0 D, W& A% Z) w
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ D p/ u% m7 h) I8 j& ~0 N the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " I: F! S' X6 V3 h# f; F Z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 V# ~$ \0 C# p7 Y) Y4 y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
/ M* e) |* E7 W0 S0 S8 c "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- t( G% c& i7 X. M( F1 n( U* r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; b' W8 H4 Q! H6 a5 Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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