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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to & K5 b& r0 C" p. v. A" s
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the " n" v8 Z- q9 C
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 J* Z& B. v8 |+ Q1 Z: l' T8 M- G lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; U- c7 h6 x& a7 Z7 X little left to be of any use?" 6 k$ u# v* W- @4 K4 ]7 I% w! _
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
. f. h6 F [$ L- s8 @6 N: q the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # o: d2 p7 {& K7 O/ z# O) y( ?
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 q) E! b9 Y/ N, L# @9 ~) u3 n7 C
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
! {2 U/ I2 }* t over after setting a cast on a patient?" & X/ e8 ~- V& [. W1 k
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; A) ]! x2 ~, L/ Q( R- P+ y2 v/ e
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ( d3 E$ D! a3 z- B
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
, G/ R$ Q( N( v the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 I9 |: a! k1 y* u* P- X# Q, F leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 M8 _: h& [9 i, V7 [, Z) T: J "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + O" p5 n3 V2 Q6 B4 c+ H
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 6 x$ v# o7 ~1 B+ m2 N0 A- j i
year they send us a complete dick." |
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