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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
7 A3 P+ m/ M$ I. r. s) ]* I" l audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ S' p( U3 D# D books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, G9 R! Y; N' v# e; e
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
, v) F: g6 d, T' ]; U little left to be of any use?"
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2 z5 }, v: F; F% Z" \6 p "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
( f/ p8 a2 A, n) b the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
- K1 [1 x) B! W B4 Z/ k# C bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
$ |6 ?5 @# n6 r- g5 {+ x question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 W. M. \) A! _1 i2 z# ?( }1 Q "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
4 k+ ~1 a6 M) d; g0 k+ ] trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 5 C5 i& c0 k. C" f
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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, Q8 [7 g7 w% [; J; ]3 H6 F1 o0 b "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 1 x& T& H0 V# r8 s S$ m- ]1 K
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & ~1 i" D$ v: c9 ?* F
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
& Z' N* c5 K5 `+ c "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 8 B# N$ J4 j( _/ T3 }
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a + @. N9 i% A; \, K1 H. M
year they send us a complete dick." |
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