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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 7 _( g! X( V# K# |0 X
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 0 o8 R) o: M) n. c
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a& h0 ` C( a) r+ F/ p
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" B" A, i$ `! D9 u little left to be of any use?"
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! D# C8 w8 ]3 H" O2 g. i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 6 ~& v ?% N5 n p9 x
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
: c' L2 R1 ^$ W1 {8 s4 Y+ L bandages." ) o; | U z7 p4 {1 \$ e
7 @; a2 z& t, X9 e- k "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 d! J9 i* f% E- {( A, T7 K, f: ^
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
5 L$ o+ t3 e1 ?8 x9 [2 M: i7 Y$ c "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # R% ^+ D- @8 u9 X
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to P" `/ T, H4 u0 N1 y# ~
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to * A( n" n1 {- _& @2 Y; L
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 7 G' `3 y; e0 ?6 H5 q
plaster." 3 q7 `) w g: w0 I+ b
' M' P- F) P9 x8 X5 l "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 ~+ F- F& H. M$ q$ p0 N$ }* H the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 3 I( r) V! _- `
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + k5 I, \: W R
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all - y2 i+ x2 c Z
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 O& T1 z/ y* B* S, X9 w- y year they send us a complete dick." |
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