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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
% |8 E! Z/ B, R) | audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' }- x$ B3 o& N! E5 S/ O; }: p& X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
) h6 o8 T+ u" z' c8 x) ~ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
2 u4 U* o) b3 z little left to be of any use?" & o' |- f# k$ K4 Z+ Q; Z( {- T
; ~+ G) Y7 n' r) o, g "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! ]. Z$ U' \+ m5 K
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 p) z; M8 z. j3 _
bandages." % V, q6 k+ \1 U! d
1 a% R, h( x. m# V0 X "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 1 F2 A. x1 r7 o2 K* t* S
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 2 ]0 h# t! Q: }4 [
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 [9 Z ?" R+ {/ T
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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2 I5 i# s h* D "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
! \- \6 }3 i! R7 Q2 }" }; k5 S9 | trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " K4 N3 X) Q/ n; \7 Q
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
1 `6 q0 g2 H. [ y$ H plaster." + A- w7 E N7 }, u
6 F) o; M. q+ K# j: F% @ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ' @/ N. U4 v ]- }2 e
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) J; d2 a. g% R0 F ~+ w
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 D. {" C# b" b" x! V' \ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 8 [0 L% s* h- u" j" F3 \6 j
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 ~3 I( ?7 \" L0 G; G- ] J year they send us a complete dick." |
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