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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to + U) V4 f; F% P- z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ) B- d% ?5 f( \4 Q" E3 U: `
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
: J% C7 ` O5 n' S" ^. f5 F lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 8 u2 y7 X: o" C4 l
little left to be of any use?" ) [1 O, z7 \# G0 Q# o
& G* t+ J. u6 {0 c "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 |# E' Q1 @9 v: G the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
, n" M/ V4 k' R" G4 s bandages."
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4 U7 B% o, {" s' K; _% H g "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 J% p% \& W$ K! k1 L question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
2 J: U f" K/ R: u6 b. N "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left / }$ L: t9 _; L( y$ Z9 Q* }
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ! B T2 ?, D6 [: x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to # j7 D' l8 S! E: ?
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of & O+ R2 |3 n$ M, B d9 q
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" x4 ]5 x( T; m, A( k the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' p1 q6 ]% l w B
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( X! C, o+ g) b6 f' R& J
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & D2 I" j: I& h
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; k7 c% \. Z) F* u# X6 W year they send us a complete dick." |
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