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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
6 f+ \/ Z# ]+ Z9 F5 ^0 R audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" J# j% ^, ? h books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 Q* `1 u& V F7 h, |( @! e8 m6 d lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 Z3 N3 N- i( J6 `; q9 q" O( I
little left to be of any use?"
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5 v1 c! D' g4 {7 ^' u2 K4 p' S7 i1 _; f "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! i" i. e8 q+ X/ _8 V. ]
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of " l0 }5 z" R3 c. Q) c$ W: M7 Y) b
bandages."
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4 W1 K+ W ^! L c2 `* p7 k0 R: ? "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
. V! S9 n; m# _3 z+ l' n0 v question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
* D- W2 w3 B/ ]' P* E7 B$ }5 M "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left R9 O1 }$ z: `; W% p$ f3 D- _
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( H6 f% I8 [$ u! S$ Z& R
3 q8 }$ q5 [, o8 K( Z/ o' X S2 A8 `" b# f "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
, I% {$ S0 g7 A4 {& a- C7 H) E trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ; H+ w) ~* Q" s* K' {$ h
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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% N/ B0 j' e' d3 L( F1 e "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 8 a$ {) v, C8 v
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% I; {% [+ c; N) ? leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( {& ^/ ^% A! a0 h) I
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # s, F* [8 f4 c
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a & x8 e R3 g% G3 } |
year they send us a complete dick." |
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