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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. {8 V& J+ z+ u Y audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
t5 Z. R# T4 j. m) d1 x) C books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ |* Z3 z8 I: N' ^
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too $ ^7 U0 ~, e. h+ k# F0 e a
little left to be of any use?" " W, j. V% w9 Q! ~0 q; _8 u
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
- \; g( l8 e2 W the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 s4 v3 R8 D+ s
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 0 N5 c% N( D" r% x1 ?* r1 H
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 }) m: |+ v; U' B
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 e* Y- Y. O7 s' J3 r1 L0 e, n
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- @4 [# |' w/ D2 y9 n! s the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
) u" V4 O2 [9 B# w; w7 d' `9 \ plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" p& q5 L: D' x/ t" ` v the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
' f' Y5 q$ k" ?4 w) A( x+ v6 S$ o! Y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - I0 D* ]; F! |) `2 t2 X: _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
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year they send us a complete dick." |
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