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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: t; e1 m8 F8 |$ S- H5 J( }! \ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 S. ?2 ?4 Y" T+ A+ t- b6 j! i" R
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. |1 T/ G8 B5 }3 y8 j0 S K ^
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( e. t. s' D! W# q3 B7 | 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
7 K2 ?8 `6 {+ ?9 o, q: v the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ Q2 d# n+ a: p2 I* D bandages."
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* L5 {( }- F' x "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
0 i. y' [4 `* b6 B question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) q6 o, b, r! ~& K
"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 5 s; ?1 V& Q9 T* \
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
" F% m5 b9 U A: T& e7 F the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 G! @1 d' i% S+ |) E+ O plaster."
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3 E5 p2 R) a8 i6 ? "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 2 T* B2 j6 W4 u. x- @. G
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the % A8 O4 G" g/ k1 C/ O* T O
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 p. h0 e4 C3 H "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( V' K6 r5 j6 n7 `. w4 ? the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 C$ `" p" K& @! Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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