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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" P. a% Z. Q2 X! {8 W: ^, F audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
# H' V6 [. u. L5 s5 W3 J books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 L4 J* U+ c3 t, R* @' g lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too $ x4 S# A: K/ \- C' O9 e) K# t# ~
little left to be of any use?" " v3 _8 q. O8 k- \
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 0 M( F% z w3 i6 J/ B$ a
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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* w# I, s4 L. X, I+ Q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
/ g w8 B: I, X% ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- s7 \+ l# V, u2 L O+ D "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
1 g4 Z4 q! E2 H/ Z" i$ l( S over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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# o) \% D! ^0 k5 G5 X B "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 2 v) n J$ G T$ e# \, z. B$ @
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& f9 m* m3 }" f& ^* Z the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
( X4 p$ d3 O! v% I$ u3 v2 n plaster."
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, V* d6 a4 r/ a; \. ^( Q "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
~' C2 c& q# Z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! n6 i% b3 z+ X. ~
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ' Z* k `: S- `) J7 \
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
! V7 D8 x, E1 g4 N the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ B3 Z. b' |: J4 r6 P year they send us a complete dick." |
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