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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
' G# _5 c) u8 O0 x7 o audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 1 O7 P6 X' }, n7 K' m$ }
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# S' @& L, T |8 [' W6 l& Q9 \ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ [/ _" F& ]% X2 o- h& c4 l M little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 g# m6 J, t( z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 8 F3 P, J4 Z) a6 T3 C: X
bandages."
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^, \7 e7 n, E "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
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) U) I) k, T n, H5 s( N, \ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 1 s% P& a, h; q; J* k5 g1 A
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 8 V3 x8 L8 b0 a( d: k) z4 A
* |0 Z* z( |3 ~$ g! ?5 F8 G1 b "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & u: ^2 d8 M5 ]1 d$ @7 e) o# t
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 `3 K( c! M+ u( [ ` the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
# D6 j+ ^% g! F! c plaster."
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- w. b; a. J% E6 j( q: ] "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 j X+ a( n5 K x p& z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
: `% l& ^9 v# M1 v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
9 ]1 R% z5 w4 n" h, A "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ' R8 \: v8 e- B7 T8 L6 z0 G- P
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a % Y* ]' M {. {: k6 }9 f& i
year they send us a complete dick." |
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