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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
5 Q( J# s9 T# h1 X0 [/ K3 r' s audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" q$ B; n5 J6 l books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a- e# `5 h8 t5 Q
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too , A1 z0 B* O3 K2 q
little left to be of any use?" . }: r$ T" [9 g: R" D& A
/ y% Z$ O+ q3 A d1 ` "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 l% K) ]% S B4 K, \ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of : m, R# W7 m' E+ J" k1 {' D
bandages."
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U# z6 Z& ^) B( t6 | "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # V/ p! O6 O, T% Z- Q; n" F
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , N+ v$ N$ K8 C5 c2 S7 A
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 q3 L- v8 y) ^* C
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + Y' r( U1 M& h' f1 p
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 a+ x: T2 K9 n' d% }; b
plaster."
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/ a+ t4 \' N1 [: ] "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 9 U; W7 I O' Z9 I {# z* V
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. K% k2 \ p& M: p& y3 C0 ]+ m leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
2 f H# M- i @) U3 y/ N "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / B4 @8 L) N; z) u
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
& W( B/ Y9 j4 l5 f+ F2 }. i year they send us a complete dick." |
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