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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
1 G' H! D% h! M audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the . L! u @3 ^8 k; a$ `4 k& E
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
* _# s6 |2 [9 g* m lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " c8 k* k6 i& ~ H! x! G
little left to be of any use?" 8 ]8 Y' y7 P; f3 C! y4 z/ D
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! X# V. j* t4 A v3 R, `! ^
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 W7 n+ @& o2 u6 @4 G' b
bandages." ; I# Q6 f7 S; v4 G& e
- K2 E' m2 C6 v1 l8 U q0 A "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
, f% S: M" v: ~% s+ D0 _" ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 9 @; \# D# O0 G. K" s8 ~ b0 u
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 0 Y% ~+ j& d4 V' {; v! t" \
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) `& ?3 t3 ?- n* h0 F) M) k
+ G5 w4 X: V1 C "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 4 k9 v) i) g& J+ g3 J" Y
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to . E4 _! }( t0 u( v3 v; _
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of * w% t2 g5 W' W0 `( w
plaster." 6 w0 |0 R3 Q$ J' _6 z! C$ K( @) C( H
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
; {) N' m+ G, d' |! ^ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 L# A$ {$ V* |: U1 G# N leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" u" [* |- g" O
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 b: a% [# o/ t+ n1 w2 X# ~2 n1 p
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ' Y) V" ~8 a; c" S( I! ^
year they send us a complete dick." |
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