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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ) F: e& z2 b/ R. n% K3 i& A
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 @; v! l# d8 J) M
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
/ {( \. M. k4 H& P! G4 {% w/ n9 \ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . X6 y8 U8 ~2 d5 U
little left to be of any use?" - O5 k4 S/ U7 K1 _- S) J# @2 p
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 8 U, A) O( D0 K
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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2 m$ H+ a! { Q& s "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 8 C) X* B7 X6 O# `, l
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
1 u. S/ q: @/ f# k "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 K0 e3 ~2 j' e7 w7 a# j! m1 H6 q
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
% _& y1 V9 }" K- H+ c4 m c the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
' T2 x1 N* s @+ R @. w/ v6 k plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster . o/ N6 l( z0 J
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
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"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
+ q) |4 E- J- P the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 ~* r4 o$ H q year they send us a complete dick." |
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