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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
; Z0 c; H" t* Q' T5 y/ b W audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
* }2 ^+ [- q1 Y8 C, P g books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
( \( ^( n* \( V- x( i6 g lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " U* G7 x+ D3 y3 q2 K7 t
little left to be of any use?" 7 c* P/ `' U' K* M L
+ ^6 w# D, e+ c1 {4 |7 b "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 9 R; r4 v5 T( K \! e8 f) D2 h
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 Y/ k/ F9 q* ~' Z) z( p) j bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
) ?# a( B3 K0 Y& N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ d5 N7 U2 a4 f1 l: D "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
/ b8 \ y; q9 k3 G. j9 J9 z$ Q over after setting a cast on a patient?" * r$ ~" s, B# f* e( A5 x+ R
! w6 z$ R' ^! G0 ?; G z# S! A) W "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
# j5 L$ h/ B o8 V trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ; m6 g7 ~2 s6 c) W( C' I- r9 ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
& V! W9 X( x: Q' ?# G the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% @' Y1 x* L! X! o2 d( u' e leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 W2 a1 q( o) X( F% P" \( U: V
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all f# K& p+ k! n% h$ O: s
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ) B" m5 B5 H* B& d
year they send us a complete dick." |
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