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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
7 C$ |; f7 d V' j7 k- A audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 6 s1 F! d0 e5 ?/ V% X/ q5 d
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
) p: E& _1 v4 f4 U. l: O lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 C- y& D0 e5 t- U
little left to be of any use?" & M7 K G$ Q2 |/ M9 l2 t+ {6 \
0 F$ t a- ?+ E1 Z) q, M "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
) d0 y* m% t9 x/ [8 \6 W+ ] the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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6 W3 ?( \1 j; p7 d "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( L( d7 U" ^1 p
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- e8 V+ l1 r% P% \ ^: j$ p) d "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 5 \' f! q2 z3 W8 w+ |" u& \# N
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
+ \, a3 C3 D+ h* v$ A& O trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ' k3 _1 d# w. a- A. c @( {
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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5 Y) }* p5 y6 M6 |- Q "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster & d$ N: U6 v. B, ^8 u
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 y4 f( b+ T6 J2 l# p leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
" z6 g) F( C. J6 o; f "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( X: Q1 d- y- |" [3 R
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
3 V* q, N8 L" m2 z4 I year they send us a complete dick." |
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