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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" A+ c' L" ^% }* Z1 g audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
, D2 m( {+ B9 c8 Q3 u+ V9 r, R books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
( b' s/ Q4 V; Q lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
& ]1 y" a8 l' s little left to be of any use?"
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6 {" @( t5 W: ^% c+ j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to D7 T7 E* g, m6 E$ d( `
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
- g- n5 w* y# s4 x3 ]$ `- w bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( Q$ m& c) e6 T8 ^4 z% O
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
* l* y7 r# K( g# b* y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
* \# O( Q" n; Y' P over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
1 e5 H+ A# b* C& y4 s" | trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to , d* H2 M/ P E8 U
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster - E& N3 H2 v. X9 m
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; y0 Z" O5 t' v. t! g c leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% q2 Y, r2 e: j% T9 b! ^% ~( a: d "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . R0 x& r' B# `$ }' b# |
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; H1 }5 Q9 C# c* D, W! A4 f year they send us a complete dick." |
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