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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 b6 z- k% V8 T4 c. [ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
$ G# }& v7 a1 V5 t, ^; N books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 S7 }! F0 Y7 I9 ^* a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " g+ c, r# u) G, ?
little left to be of any use?" % _0 }5 p+ ]5 a7 w$ M
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 7 |) @. ?' C6 s% Z$ [
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % W/ K' [, r8 g3 |+ O
bandages."
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% L! b* d v) g+ D1 O2 Y. t3 t& j "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
/ Y( r* N! x& [% s& H question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. $ S, ?0 S) `2 |! Q0 G
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( g% ^" J. L: o( ~( i K
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 0 k( c4 d0 Z) F! f! c
( s$ P4 c! P& H0 s% l: @' `! U "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 B0 E3 H1 ?$ @% d, d trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 g) f8 o/ x2 P! J the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
) s6 Z3 b* T& v+ U: y/ T! a plaster."
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# d4 e3 N" K* Z" E2 p3 S k "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster - _: g. B K; k2 M' g6 W3 ]
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" {9 L `2 x5 R. E5 p leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 G' w: B+ ^ B! B- [6 W1 G "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 B3 j% S* ]% a6 y3 h! }2 v the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 J- s4 E8 y) ] y2 j7 b/ ] year they send us a complete dick." |
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