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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
; h: ?8 e4 x- t. f& I0 G audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& _4 u0 Y9 L; |8 t# a/ D books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a& J& R9 S7 V( f- g2 n A" x
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
, m/ ]* k5 T, y9 {5 {5 E little left to be of any use?" 5 w9 C) P9 q9 S1 e& _' l7 G6 X
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
- u" G" M2 R1 W the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 M* ^9 x" v8 R) y9 V2 z6 m, U
bandages."
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! ]/ w5 u6 i3 B; c1 m3 A "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & }2 B1 O' @- e
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 }! E; B& B( A2 S) R7 {: S
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% t& d1 Z4 E- {5 e over after setting a cast on a patient?" 1 b$ _" L( b& O9 E& Y* B9 i+ S
+ d# N1 ]9 ~9 s# M4 Q5 L/ y+ n "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 ~( {8 H9 ^, j- D
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( i* i0 c" z3 c% M: I$ [ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 o7 I7 n7 @( Y, F* q+ [0 o plaster." ( A* G: a& M" @ |+ t
% u! b: K" Z! o/ s; J1 P& u, | "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ g" M8 b* s$ {* ?2 g" o( z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 a3 K6 K9 S, d( ]8 A leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
7 `7 W1 A& z5 Z+ j8 R "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; c$ i. `2 [& q0 n$ n
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- `; A T# `3 e* H/ v& \; O4 l year they send us a complete dick." |
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