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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 A5 _ Y3 W+ n; R& X$ H" ] audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 0 S4 L. V: B B3 |7 f% s* u7 a# h
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( I% p, a" q+ E/ l6 i; ^: I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
- C- U6 F4 k! _5 P, U) S8 u 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 9 _$ J3 r3 O, I
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # M' B" K1 {( \! v& V* m: z( t
bandages."
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6 I& j" o0 \: ]) }) ? y "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
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$ c$ q4 [$ e9 k$ v: L "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % Z, ?/ J0 E0 {0 ~5 G" } L
over after setting a cast on a patient?" - E4 e& i- R' B- I
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
: M' V7 h K' a f/ i trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to . _7 ]* _8 g- W: [
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 3 d& [" i/ z# j0 A/ D
plaster."
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* \* [$ \* ?, w3 ^ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster - ^8 z: h4 n4 o4 i- S/ b* @
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 Y( {, \; y; E0 k4 a2 k
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 P' n. i5 Z9 y6 x8 `4 B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 8 T, T: B& \9 W" I) w& g+ Q
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 B2 `) E4 k( v: A year they send us a complete dick." |
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