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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 ]: T- y6 R7 A/ G; E# d7 ~7 ] audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 q4 h+ L! t5 R& B$ F( I1 i- K books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 |8 \! J2 y/ O/ `0 a% E& v; o lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; k$ q6 Z( }2 ]' O6 e! m little left to be of any use?" . S \6 z/ b6 L
+ o9 s- n: V0 K "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 \0 I" I" q* H& a5 ~ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
- L4 e. x* K w0 C, ] bandages." : f [5 K5 {' \+ O0 v
2 K' S+ S2 T" L8 b- @. f "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 p* f: g8 @% d. z2 G question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. / C0 v9 N g4 |, W' w
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left * O6 o% l- }2 ]4 T6 b U& l7 V
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 1 Q5 M/ f! g. h& X
" g" Z" S9 ?7 |% } "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 r: m! l& a1 }( M) E$ k trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( @4 W: `% Z* }% u2 }" \ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 0 m, f6 c5 O5 f: D$ ~
plaster." ! r. q7 r) {: {- C
4 {: } W- y1 q! o6 m. k. Q "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ' @: r0 q/ X2 O
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) F+ A" ^( n& {
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 D$ B% o( T& O! Z
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
~# [# I4 |, _$ m5 N" e the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
0 |, o3 {$ E, E+ O year they send us a complete dick." |
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