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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ' s+ v ~2 e; H2 w* z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
7 H0 E! C- ?4 y6 @ h" a books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
: X' I" Y! ^! z$ O6 M lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ) I4 ]2 v5 s* T
little left to be of any use?" " [' F. R- i, d/ F7 X# t* l d$ R
9 i8 D$ Z% ~& V1 q' l3 F: R+ } "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
' @. @9 m* `4 J5 m: K# ^& _ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 ^" U. y& [# O8 J
bandages." " Z. d$ v% r) P# \# `' v1 v% Z
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
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; A; D4 {# ]* J "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 0 o0 N3 G6 X: p5 q% `+ v; f/ {
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
" g; c2 m" `# t5 d, R1 [5 A trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
4 \4 i" V; r9 V, e, O the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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( O" H5 S; W6 G9 W2 \$ M& T "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 2 _4 L T' j& i7 s+ |
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' O+ S3 i y& q) \7 w1 D4 }, F
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
7 r3 m7 ]0 c" k* V" U$ g! M- o "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 4 B7 c' i5 Q; x9 M& k- }4 D& r
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 @; F% ]9 f n2 G d$ r, y8 U1 U7 J year they send us a complete dick." |
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