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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
6 w8 P* ?3 C' w! g& ~' C audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the * a% J) \# S3 s* K' r7 w0 @, B
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 t, R3 _: d" I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 7 i5 e. i3 o5 {" _* O6 _3 u
little left to be of any use?" 5 \$ c; d4 ~3 D
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
" x# V& O, a/ v$ `4 Z2 }. c& F( z# | the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 S) L+ P: _2 G7 d9 l bandages."
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h; j, s2 D2 g9 v4 T "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' \5 ^1 c h6 z( I T4 O% {5 D) ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + ] X6 M% \+ } C
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
8 r' L2 f& m7 U over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
3 i; y/ V5 `- V2 H trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 `* l! a+ b- _' \& z: j
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of & d! O! ^0 w" {, t1 }
plaster." , P- u3 Y, I/ t/ l- E' |8 P
. a' _7 `$ |% |7 r. x8 ~5 _ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
8 ~% B# B: @1 p$ d4 ~ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
: W: n* T" a o1 c/ t leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 U8 C1 Z; v2 a5 N! _9 h
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 I+ ~; _( P+ E) J& \6 a7 _% H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a / H8 J" E5 A4 d, ]( ^7 Y4 b% ~
year they send us a complete dick." |
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