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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 R' [3 D& m6 ~0 ^8 G/ U `; P audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ; |$ ^/ i9 E8 F' O ]* T) \
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 H% r& R0 E v$ {% `; ^
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 u# K# X9 a* o. L Z/ M' `! j
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
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bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 C/ n/ X, Z- l8 f! n9 V3 Z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; F- W! e& [; y: S$ l* \
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( |' h. v d8 U& s& ^/ I) [7 D+ u
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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, E) L( l! v0 `: D" c "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ) t+ Q2 s# E0 m* o; i- P
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( K9 L. f( n+ e+ U0 ~2 m9 d the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 g( G( Q7 Q# I1 g$ p- }" k
plaster."
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+ x! m0 S1 l6 q "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 0 u: Q; z8 Q; r7 B1 H( g
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 @8 k* F6 l$ D% Y/ a* i! @1 Y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
6 P& U4 r; b' N1 i$ M9 h "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 ^6 N/ I) b h+ u+ ~2 d# v the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 i3 s; m+ ]( O/ g' M0 y3 k
year they send us a complete dick." |
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