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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
* D( P2 B; p$ w0 v% M audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 w! {) D3 k, C+ x- Y5 Z( I. b books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, N4 k$ g3 \" {! f" m9 s
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 c& Y# s+ c9 _9 Q little left to be of any use?"
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6 [# a: u G8 Q0 b9 a "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
' }+ X6 \2 _' [3 L& T the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of $ C z* o7 Z2 d& a
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
/ \- J' S A* V+ X6 ] question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. E0 f# V# u: k X
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left $ \ y0 k+ V) i' C3 Q6 J/ c
over after setting a cast on a patient?" % s y* R8 L5 A L/ F( D& b8 s
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , q' ] O) P" m! j& b8 X
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
3 X& Q& ?" b- {/ i the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
! M; U; g. Y+ ?- X& l plaster."
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, x, b) z. f3 }; r2 v+ R6 V "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + G& ^9 z1 T: n1 n, [
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 m. ^; _3 u! V% Y leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 ] C' y) ~ h, ~4 I' e, [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ q+ ]# [0 F7 u* `$ \ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
3 ]; g7 r9 `& d2 X1 r2 K% p year they send us a complete dick." |
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