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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 c( ?% X* d3 B# L; N0 | audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 s5 g1 |! P( ~. Q6 t/ s books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
`+ g \1 g, G I. q5 H( ` lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 8 q4 z6 m; r. Y. [0 N$ D0 X6 ^
little left to be of any use?"
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3 B% i: u( X0 v! h "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
s! j* {% I% [- P the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of - `1 M. Q2 d2 _. V3 ?9 w s
bandages."
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5 Z5 T% O2 ]- \+ q2 k- y6 @ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 2 w4 i' W2 \1 a5 U3 W- J
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 4 c+ w4 Q- B7 D# x% j8 x
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 X! e. y) A# o. B over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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9 _0 S. j" _+ X5 P "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to " [/ o* h5 P' d4 B
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & h+ Y; m* E3 s9 F: C |( H
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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0 F6 {' u' } X8 n3 x "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; v0 d0 ~7 H% ]" Q- ]
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 8 a/ X0 @8 Z: P9 o0 X
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" * o$ y+ g% @; M4 m$ j
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 H4 p4 h9 q: G! ]& e3 Q- \% Y' h the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
: \3 {0 L- p0 `+ z- Y year they send us a complete dick." |
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