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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 f8 A$ b, w0 \ D0 @8 |6 t; h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the & ?' [& J, {' \9 x7 M
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 {* i- T0 r9 H) V lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 \6 a" h8 m1 \9 O; `1 q+ y9 K little left to be of any use?" & S+ I+ f: @6 P/ `7 ]5 v3 V2 C/ S
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to / m4 i" J: h; z- |: D9 Q
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ) Y. [' |* J4 K2 j' b/ {$ q. b
bandages."
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3 t- A9 Z; Q/ p "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% \5 d/ D5 ^ G7 t8 r question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
0 v' l4 n) o# |) s' [ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ; Z7 Q- ]% f$ O. X) k5 B- G3 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
0 z: f9 D) h0 o' P0 c+ W trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
, ~" s7 j# k2 l5 t+ t5 v the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 Q/ i; A6 G- r. c5 w5 R
plaster." - j T/ B( k- _0 T9 o1 y' @
0 P1 W2 H1 t4 B o/ G* \ R "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 j8 Q2 u! I1 }* m/ V2 l' r( M the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 j' A% O, A, u! A# G+ X4 ]$ X. | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 c: S% W, c5 r6 q' C0 q4 Z* z) e "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
?0 e/ v% W" ?6 C9 F [ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; w+ V0 y, Z. E8 y ^% {9 Q# G year they send us a complete dick." |
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