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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 s; e& t* | ~$ s7 y/ k" r
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
: B# J0 ^* L9 ?7 K! ]# @: a$ ]- b books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
/ M% Y2 Q6 R0 Z+ n8 z' x, r lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " y/ ?; }& F' m4 u' K
little left to be of any use?" : D* n3 J! f3 ^% X; B
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
3 t) Y8 ?( ]% M- f; m' d: z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
: P; R( T. [/ J, C bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
. q3 J, z' X+ P% B% p question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 5 e3 v4 W' E/ r6 V; N, U
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
8 ?( _( n$ e1 V0 n3 X; F1 t over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& w& w) w" o2 P* g8 n6 Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
$ v9 y" R( h- |0 {4 U; U; F the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
6 F( m* y; f _8 s plaster." 7 \; B" T/ J% s6 h/ n* Z; P+ |
7 \$ K5 E& T; k9 K3 f8 j "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 T- n1 w# [/ {4 T the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 K# ~$ H4 m. J: Z! Y! c leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + b, E8 X" [' B- C" t( H X4 e
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 5 }" }5 X' B; |3 f9 S
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
% V6 B- w6 S( i year they send us a complete dick." |
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