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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
0 H b u C3 K& d audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" s! M4 ~2 Q4 s" X: J+ E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
8 e, F" N/ _0 W3 ?% S, k, j lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 n8 g! d; W! Q. _# j( \
little left to be of any use?"
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* T1 d) j, H0 f- G* ^+ Z& u "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 Z, Q- f, d- q the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
* W! ^" U$ {: ^0 @9 G, a+ p9 X" Y bandages."
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* J# H3 I1 l7 g "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # M" f9 M9 ^/ `0 S4 q: e
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. * B1 B" P7 r: v. V, p* e; K
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
, G3 H& H% Z2 R% o, Y: i over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( W @" ^0 j; W( z1 q. v
' I# ~ S7 e3 Q3 y: ~6 o "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 h' L0 v" K: J( J2 x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 u( J8 h8 }5 B C
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! |7 s* l/ W) t5 A6 U% @2 c3 U6 ?% g7 l% f
plaster."
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- E) W; |% Z# k. f "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 Y+ M) j9 C/ y ^) y6 {; x
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
& J+ U/ h# F5 C: b9 F) w leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
% E! J! P* B4 ^# ~7 y "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 A# f, {' v6 y( M* b% Z! j3 m the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. G3 t. x2 B" p3 [$ G year they send us a complete dick." |
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