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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # X' L, O; |' M4 v! R
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' e4 V3 @9 O9 z, ?6 ?+ A
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
) P1 G4 c }% N4 P) J) N) l lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 _* C# X8 ~" v" I/ N! } little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
( e, _( _: Z1 `7 i; j9 B the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of - m% q* ]& {8 G- j
bandages."
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7 O- W! t. z, w( t& O "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual . M: W+ m" q* ^' L
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 z9 V1 k$ v# q0 q' D r' k8 A "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 6 p$ }8 z7 I8 i' I
over after setting a cast on a patient?" j) ~$ O0 D# Y" I3 B
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
+ a7 R7 d) |# Y7 X6 L! C0 A trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 }8 E I3 m B2 H the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
& i7 L& `. ~. O' P3 D) l8 y1 J plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" e( ~/ C( L* v# K N8 i0 | the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 p1 n# Q+ @3 w, ? leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 } e _: G8 ~7 _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all $ M' A" n# k, }% X: U6 i! P) r |
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 V2 ~; [4 c2 H- ?+ g year they send us a complete dick." |
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