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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
) k* T3 p1 F- w2 W audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& W8 ]/ [+ M3 q" @- z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
2 Q5 v- @5 n( K8 r; o# C, { lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 ^: ]3 n! y: N" p) Y little left to be of any use?" 0 I I/ L" \0 P0 Z
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ z8 Y1 K2 ?7 h, P" b the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 h% S# Z# O9 B D7 l bandages."
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P4 n# m3 D: A9 U, s "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 i, Q; H d7 ?' f
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , t9 Y) y2 x, [
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left i, a$ e6 S+ \7 K2 z
over after setting a cast on a patient?" " g( w! X% S! I: {" n! N- z
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ' I3 _6 a8 a' L
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
8 a& A h/ a3 g4 u1 _ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
/ B( {# {! C% S8 [7 j* o1 { plaster." ( G& P2 t: z: T* ~0 g8 E! K
. |* S+ j+ I" k5 y! G2 [0 J& J "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& C6 P2 }" Q6 u& }( ~9 \ e the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
' x; ~ Q W' B2 F leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
1 ?4 Q, E- \" H% p! |5 W "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 [/ ~; A6 M$ g+ I% H# V+ r3 F; G the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . v: y* p: u8 L3 I
year they send us a complete dick." |
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