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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : h6 {5 P; n* r
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # W* W# O7 i6 K6 G8 i' p, \0 ?! \: O
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
2 s1 W* x$ } ]+ }) h6 J lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( ^2 p- B' x( ` little left to be of any use?" + Z5 W6 S T2 W' d/ I3 A/ S: z& o
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! t" M$ q: J: ]$ _) V
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of + G4 `( J$ c9 n; n+ s
bandages."
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' F7 J. G. u1 g6 n- { @ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : u0 I/ H) L, @0 f0 Y
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. T* R! @8 R7 w7 B$ s5 I' R
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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+ G5 V- H9 h0 B4 r0 ]- c "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to : V0 e q4 n2 V$ L6 e) G
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
A' f+ y' h2 `% @8 Q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
8 {/ d! |' [3 k& ?7 h8 ^4 j. V plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ! E2 P3 `8 b o0 _$ {* R. T4 P5 Q
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 x* y i! o) G8 V, C& C leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 t, @- y- t* }/ o+ v( j% D- M
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
4 ~0 U8 j; Z; r% W( v7 z$ r5 ~ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ W6 |0 b. Z: b- k4 ?1 [
year they send us a complete dick." |
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