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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# S6 Y* K4 T# c; s% z- a. { audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the $ S# [4 _7 {6 k* A* c; p$ w t' x5 m
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a9 s$ U j1 |- g. h6 [6 a
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 F$ A2 r7 t; T* | little left to be of any use?" : v2 t' l% ~$ d: R* c
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
- c* z- t3 k! j% X9 @7 f" E. H( ^ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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: O. B/ l; l; @ j: y0 P "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' E! y6 O4 q9 A9 B% C% f question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 6 A2 M) O$ }$ Z7 b# J2 i9 |8 H
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 c, B$ x" E5 x6 k
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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" G% t" \; y4 q0 v& [ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 v5 a. |8 v/ V% X9 ]0 K' R: C trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + c8 K$ a- g4 A5 B
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % {# u' ~* K' n3 F
plaster."
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) R- T1 K$ T! C- |& E7 S0 r6 U2 f2 f "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ( A2 |: g* w5 v5 T( `! h
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
* _( F7 I7 d' d! J; Q+ S' m6 k leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 9 y6 t' A/ @% w7 S6 q. S
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & R; i$ U. g; a0 p6 R9 g! s) L
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- `# c' C' ]3 X6 F6 o, T4 { year they send us a complete dick." |
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