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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
+ V% ^' Z1 ~# Y audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 f/ q* B: P1 T, A+ x books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" U# m' ?/ K7 J+ ~& _4 N; [; }$ S
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
) |3 H, x8 Y8 [ little left to be of any use?" 6 Y) |( K! Z- o1 h& F) h4 P
/ C. I0 u3 B) W8 r! v/ S; w "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
0 ]& I$ \6 i0 P; _ S( @4 ` the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
& U8 K+ s# x! B' |, }" g! m# D bandages." 3 C; b' C5 u: ~# I2 |# W
1 n. z0 r+ G% \/ z) `+ v9 q "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ! o3 y' B" J' I
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 J9 x: L$ a) w% ?4 ?& U' W" Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 j& i% @6 K' U" {
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , Y5 D, n# x3 o& ]8 p7 b8 X3 L: l
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
) ` ^# r2 G% I' |( e* i2 G trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ n& J/ j. i! H. \2 {5 i( z1 R the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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- m9 T5 V6 Z! n% L- U "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
0 x R/ h+ X. c( j4 e the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
( X. |4 f/ g* T2 m" F9 G5 O- O leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" , r ^) H& K; `6 q1 |8 L
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ' U5 W. D% u) s' u! z
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# z; C4 R a' \; ` year they send us a complete dick." |
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