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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 1 Q2 k% P- [4 h* P0 E
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 M; w U+ M* {; h" B3 g0 P/ d
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 t! ?! m* Y5 Z- i. `
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 7 U0 I. f$ W0 `. n D8 S
little left to be of any use?"
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5 H' @: M" a- d! y' F) j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 U, b! g8 Q J: _ l the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of & }7 f8 i( N! p4 I% Z
bandages." 3 W9 z# n. C8 V
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
8 t6 r1 L* P" y% N& ?; {5 F& | question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
) A8 |% `4 b" t2 G "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 q3 Y" A" T4 T0 E! L over after setting a cast on a patient?" , ~7 W2 U2 `2 @) f
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
, \9 d4 ~6 q% w5 g trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 5 E! } ^ e' T% k! T' _1 j6 ~6 Q; j
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ) h8 k7 J: Q0 Y X, A
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 W* L7 _2 A3 {
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 1 M. Z, L# w9 S9 j G! `, c
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 ^. {, v0 ~8 S5 y0 _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 Y2 r9 b! q- j/ ~ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( n; f7 C! G0 {; `- e year they send us a complete dick." |
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