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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " R1 g0 a1 T% R Q/ Q- M2 U
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the % U: i/ }7 L- ^! f1 m7 i$ W& e
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a' k- G7 c( T# e% D) ?4 i' Y) A' b1 b
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too `4 s+ q3 ~, Y; b
little left to be of any use?" . K. ^3 i v! ?
9 Q7 N4 ]# O, W6 [" V! z' } "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * v: [- A1 x' u* L: w; p$ }# k
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 k- d( A: x A# Q$ o bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 3 C# t( ~8 X& ?) _) u" @
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. " W! j! h% f/ l" w8 H
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 n, m' u, c; R( s8 O: j over after setting a cast on a patient?" # B/ M9 B' v- M8 Q
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
! N: ~7 X# v2 X' Q! I3 d4 k trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
3 B) p& v" R6 x; L the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
6 S4 e6 j: o: p, b4 |+ O plaster." 2 r, u9 X. B# k& G' A# `/ U5 z
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; E& f" m z" W0 w
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the , z; b8 b a1 a0 @0 R+ N$ I/ P
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 i4 D* l; y% T5 w8 P$ O5 g "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 d& [( _) N4 p. ^
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a % P m. @! ~9 f( @
year they send us a complete dick." |
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