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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: h! V) w5 {; V2 W9 ]9 { p audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 8 H9 h; N$ Z U4 I% m) k' N
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 K" K. z6 |, D% M/ I2 E% K
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ x; @$ V% H9 V% e6 F+ R' }; ] little left to be of any use?"
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- ]. G( h8 m7 t5 a "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 2 N# X$ z4 Q8 k3 t! X: j% k
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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! S- Y) D( A9 D" a. a# E "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual % p- G _1 H$ j& x5 o# r
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
: D5 n7 U) u. e+ b" ~: g8 Y3 {; w: r "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) O+ c7 {# B* [9 k3 X" z
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & n4 _" f2 X& v& B |
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
. c- }# B) T% e) ?7 l! a the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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) r0 e8 \& R0 I* r1 f3 N "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / g- i! ^% \4 ?
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 M# h: U& {' }7 q- ^ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
/ e1 y/ V! Q c6 U( v "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 ^/ h$ U9 o D the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a |! Q" c. d& t$ \
year they send us a complete dick." |
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