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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % `, i+ G$ O7 u, y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the * o& q/ K+ K6 L3 a4 `# a
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
5 F" X# U, K% ?2 a X& L lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 ]6 V6 Y6 J A little left to be of any use?"
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1 F$ Z7 Q* t5 c0 L "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to " e% w; {/ y2 O" Z' l* _
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
- O$ Y) Q9 a O' t* a) g bandages." : Z9 j) \2 q! [: H$ D' `: D+ B
- M. R! {7 @; `: l& x1 B! t% K) k/ p "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
- |& n ]) p7 I& N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
+ u' }, M# c- d2 G. r, g2 c "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
v5 H4 \1 _1 |+ c5 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
, Z) M, x' y) b7 p( |9 T* q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) Q* b0 s" n) k/ G' G S# F
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of * K! g) T% F+ d
plaster." ! y3 N# U: x' A! Y( P! |8 Y
- J* n4 K! V" ^3 q* _% { "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
' K' K; v- X) X* C" V the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the h/ S, y0 h4 C( Y! Q. W0 ^
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
. h/ N0 K9 @- \ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
# S3 A4 U# z3 F, \ M3 D* R the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 B- |7 s: o. G1 M% {0 O( G' N year they send us a complete dick." |
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