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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
' V+ c \ Z4 t/ E" V audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
- t! M* I/ o, R3 } books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
% M, s' ]1 E! ]& e6 J lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 V: K% |' G2 t2 r: Q little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& X7 s0 \, a8 N" W0 Q3 Q1 N! k the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 b1 [! M% h$ Q9 p; m8 W bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 u* B* r* B2 Q0 }4 N" R6 _ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 4 k; E/ a2 i& [- v, B
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
' F$ {* _2 u1 r over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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- G9 g, x. o6 w7 E( c$ G+ X/ M "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
8 R4 ]# @# b; A: Y1 w9 J2 \ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 E, Z" E+ N) |) O" O& W I the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , R- ]' ?$ q- ]
plaster." ' {5 k9 _" P3 B1 k5 x! D- _
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
% }+ z& P: s7 _4 M' \4 y the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 5 K: B/ D- k( w4 c
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : ]8 ~; z7 A8 i9 O! O' X
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
& s+ Z% ^2 B# d1 d the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 S7 m/ ?# j; s& A6 \
year they send us a complete dick." |
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