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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 J; W3 _, @6 Z" V" a# l audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ _ E: g" ^) R4 k# B! x1 G6 f5 y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a6 P# @+ g7 T' I! }3 D' }: [2 F0 g) T! Z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
+ F$ j$ {3 ^1 S7 ]0 S% o little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 8 z# q! Y7 y- @; E
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 h1 I7 ~5 v2 Q4 Z2 | x a4 l
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ; o) ^" ~3 x z2 E
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; j: u2 J, c3 B
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
: P" H) m( g' L" ]: { over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ t6 t) K9 \+ T4 W% e B; x* L; D
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to . M3 \1 t2 x. S6 m& X- h
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
, i7 I u: a8 D1 K; @ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
( {1 N% Z% C+ i5 v" S0 e plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 y2 e" M# Y9 ~ [9 t/ V the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 s9 d! f9 |8 B9 {# E: L leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - G/ ^4 _" b: p* A3 y$ v/ N6 Q
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ' {( `0 n8 g; i2 Z) B8 [
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! g7 M2 u B$ }3 `3 ~ year they send us a complete dick." |
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