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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 M2 I2 F S3 N3 S" c
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
' f3 i+ {* |: y" t+ p books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
$ }% c) n" r/ v lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
+ ~* [4 h8 W5 h; r" a% B little left to be of any use?"
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9 T; v1 A8 y2 W) ?* t+ T) O "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
" Q P( _) v. }. [: V, i the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 d" Z5 X K9 s) z9 N- O3 M( A5 d8 E
bandages." ) [/ _+ ~ l5 L& w
3 s& T, S2 n' X5 | p0 s8 g "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 i" T3 l" T Y: c6 h6 F
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
% L8 T: H- C9 Y- l4 q- P: y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left $ w' B! J% p5 M% s
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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$ q8 p1 V2 [: ^' o0 \3 \ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 g# _7 G- n" y. E' v: Q) B trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 9 K0 j: A: A! }; S" r J
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! @8 m& H- ^% U; L
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 _( y# S" E$ e the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 N6 u) P2 X8 }
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 B7 v( z2 g' T( D% U
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
$ {3 k& S: H# ~& V6 z% \6 W the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a # z( M$ N6 T. \) }- d& h. e
year they send us a complete dick." |
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