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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 5 a& Q) r, v8 W8 I1 q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - Y! p& @! v8 @& w
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 }3 Y* l& \) o lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 \" R+ Z. V9 Q: m" a/ _; g( Z& ~' q
little left to be of any use?" * `$ J! h* U* x9 V% l! R, A( h
1 w' S6 Z: `6 ?7 S5 J+ C1 O1 w* F" U' i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
# ?4 X) A. ]/ E5 c6 |9 G the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 k9 {- W! u2 p+ s* }/ G bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& q5 i' I5 }; l question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
- r; n4 {( K1 _' D E, R8 x "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 j. G& k& f$ q7 r over after setting a cast on a patient?" 8 v% e" R8 i$ x) \* t) `
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + E+ p; {' r! }9 f! E0 ^
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % `7 Z& q3 A: {7 a
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of Y) z. {4 e$ X' r- n- U8 x3 t
plaster." ' H! @, I- X: ~( D, J% y
* M% @! w0 E' @) {8 X "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster . T4 [: Y/ m8 e# E
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! @7 q) |2 a9 o& C0 D% F
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 I/ i* t; W: W( V2 q- ~
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ t9 p; Q8 Z( B& T0 B the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ S# s+ i7 ^" j2 R, l, H, e8 R Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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