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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : v5 M4 U1 |- v& R' q1 r3 C
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the : M4 Y" }& C& D
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" b) o+ _; }3 T! L% _! L6 S6 E
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ; D. {5 O# n; ]% _% Q6 c
little left to be of any use?" ! I# |" f9 }4 k
$ m% @/ R0 U h "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # B/ X6 s" W }" X9 Z
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 1 F# _! N% x% c* K' ~
bandages."
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; F* ^$ f1 e" Y$ z3 X+ L9 ~" C+ ` "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
. S8 ^: t* x2 I7 Y5 F( U( M question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
( A% ?% u7 N3 G2 A8 T) Q. E9 Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% d9 l) ^; P S% k8 w over after setting a cast on a patient?" : Q2 j+ ~6 W, u! g' ?
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 f K0 z6 ~; P& g' X# d$ w trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: Z( w: X. d) N6 ^* p& q the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
( \& Y; H) ` g* p, m plaster." : J; s/ g8 V W& v% ?# g
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" W5 T4 d; |; c3 C: L the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 b( n" k4 @/ K9 m- T leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 P9 C& N! j7 v( I$ ~! e% V "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
' C1 `( s% r* ~ K the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ' f1 E9 _5 B6 {$ S8 N! j) ~! j
year they send us a complete dick." |
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