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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ! }& |; ~2 G$ i) s$ T. ~% n9 e5 _
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 r* e- G, a/ C0 X" P" \
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 V/ q5 q: o% p; p) U7 c lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
& u7 R) }' f" G+ u little left to be of any use?"
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" Y- D6 K* D+ Y" A% d+ V "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 d0 x5 W3 b! l, K
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ W( r" B7 x F bandages." , M+ p$ P. h; ^# o: |$ ]
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ! ^ i. L5 ~* t- ]$ `$ z ~( ~
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . X3 R, _/ M, y/ K% l
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - m# l* D3 c p
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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4 H D. b% K! N "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( }) Y( A7 T6 ~) _! v; q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ c1 l0 `0 U0 u* U the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of N: ^+ t% U8 B% b* ^
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
2 L" b. J) x) d7 | the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) K+ }, }2 e5 h2 E
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % X$ ?! D, N$ I9 |6 K9 }; |
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all $ j1 r1 s$ X! s0 v- C* d
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 g# _) g r2 F2 m' i( r+ \* i year they send us a complete dick." |
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