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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 O+ n2 y* O0 o& H4 G
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the p3 z7 `4 w8 g" a% l
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, i' H7 j, [% A
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ n# N9 \$ ~4 Y+ c& \ little left to be of any use?"
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( c9 @. H: I- i/ u) X9 c2 q J4 W "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + C2 w: _# i; V8 g4 C Z
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , X4 W- v3 y" L
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual D9 U# V/ G" X$ E. S- E; B
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 a+ W) Z7 q7 M; j) W3 l "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 y! L$ Z0 O' h8 ~, l
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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$ m$ ?& I) S" z0 n b "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ) K ?- `* r4 \; \0 {( ]+ j
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& r- T) n+ m# u the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of * l% E. X2 u1 F. S8 y
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 c1 @8 S9 r7 d, |6 {) n, l/ j: }" y
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 J. A; W! u/ u
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 C) D& k1 j3 |. y1 I5 U3 L) o2 d* g
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ' q0 O+ Z' s2 b
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
0 ]' O7 |) Q& F* t' B: n& i year they send us a complete dick." |
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