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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
! h- O' T8 Q8 W" W2 q4 C/ s' Y3 c audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 n) a1 s5 _9 g6 P* y
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a1 t( O% P$ {) s1 Q# H/ \
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too / C7 Q9 n4 E s3 Z0 r
little left to be of any use?"
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4 _ M. N) w4 A+ s "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
* Y# X o) q7 C1 P6 l% n; k the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of R9 H9 P# i" ^2 H3 j
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : a _+ C8 O6 o
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 `, z0 L x: i! l4 v "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
' {' y3 ?3 d- w- N$ X# A0 T& p over after setting a cast on a patient?" 4 |* j' x! D' Y3 K
8 g* g. H) D/ D6 @ {% J) v "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; H6 A% y" L1 t/ X3 K/ W
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to * g' _6 F/ p. ]* _2 N4 R' G3 W
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 I! _0 i' P% b8 O
plaster." / {+ K6 e0 C: D5 D6 D
% I8 G5 f3 z" | "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ) r, B" y% b% _) I' k
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the % D6 d% w6 W' L3 x0 w
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
# C; D/ t8 Q* f. C+ I7 C9 p, ?8 p "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / `" e3 O3 E: d- x% a* s
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 9 ?# J9 w: h4 H. \* P2 Z( N- K3 [
year they send us a complete dick." |
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