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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 O/ ~- U; k, i @+ K; A3 q audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 \9 R% p- U) E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! m5 v. a, I k' a% G- S% y' A9 E lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : c4 f0 B! G8 K: i" k
little left to be of any use?" - E2 C- d8 Q# A) F$ l. n
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
# I6 O4 G. P0 @* Q0 g1 P u: O the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of . L M% h% q; B8 b F9 X. e! b
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : y1 z M+ \6 P3 E/ e3 [
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
# F, [! R6 @" C7 u4 o) B "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 9 ~0 x6 R( c! K% }" t* Z' D; \
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 0 f/ N+ m% a& J8 u/ X) P/ Z( L
8 v; C4 [# f" e# Q: u "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 C% A) E. U' H/ n# |: M( z
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
9 P( {! E7 N) [* ~( P4 `' W( \# { the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' X% n4 h1 j, _& E( {/ [
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + j! X9 }4 V9 m9 u( G' k8 \0 J
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + f b0 B/ e' @
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% C& y2 A, i; n P, P "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
9 }; e' N- n' k* F5 \ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a * s. X0 @- r3 S# V$ {1 L) B% C. W
year they send us a complete dick." |
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