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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ; Z9 m# C* \6 u8 o
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 X- a: [0 u" Q
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a9 }; Y/ x6 n" \4 i) U
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ E4 j3 }" N+ y' R3 h little left to be of any use?" 5 z, u' G6 e7 E6 H" ^9 |
! m! w v# x! Q0 O2 ?: l0 T! z7 Q D "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
# i" O: u" ^2 p the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ! p. e& N8 j; F8 g
bandages." + v. M. @/ I7 {9 O0 E. Z+ @) ~
y% w l' e& E% Q6 M, ~: x "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% M4 g% x+ G+ e question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. P$ g0 b5 x& R7 F6 a2 c1 a "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 }4 i& O$ Y! H9 t. c2 B: M4 D
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 s) b+ A4 |. |3 J6 w8 o" | trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to Z, Z# ^0 _! ?, t' v, Z; b; j( J
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 6 W- G' E, c& C
plaster." ) X+ I5 [( x1 h% D. N
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 P% B% E6 k4 \ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 K% H: i9 W( A8 |, {7 T leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
! y7 u1 K4 D1 w' N9 |0 a "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all . z5 o8 n0 a3 F. K7 _ s4 k
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 1 L% U: S5 F/ ^% c
year they send us a complete dick." |
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