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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 s2 U# ? c0 K+ P& L audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the # h& o z$ |' V) L5 i- M3 z+ A; v
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# h( u7 h g- v& b7 a7 i lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too - { n9 s; W, \; N! O- w
little left to be of any use?"
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( O' Z* {/ e+ y# j- q5 s "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
/ T. L9 x( F5 q' U' `6 T" }' A the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of $ Z2 e7 X8 b" R, g; f/ q w
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 8 u" j/ ~( h# i) M, B
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 7 J- O. F$ R! g: n M" B/ E" [
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" @5 K$ h' {& r over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - {* A( n" \4 Z% p
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 8 p" u" C% U! L
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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8 _( x+ ^) k# `+ @ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 H% G' s( C9 c) t3 a( u4 L* A! D4 |5 k" a
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) Q1 M. O# \+ L! `6 @8 f4 ~
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" $ |! A1 b6 w3 _2 r. [, A, P
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
" j' H# Q5 p4 |$ R8 W$ k1 x: Z the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# r5 N$ a9 V! t# X2 a1 L( Q6 ?2 }. R year they send us a complete dick." |
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