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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 `4 m5 U& e" _& H
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; c0 g% H- W" a1 W books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 v& \# k2 s+ Z0 o. |8 G
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too - {, @ H' J* b; _
little left to be of any use?" 9 I2 k) z, ~0 k7 u d% Y- E: _
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
; n( d+ m: m! H: F the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 4 J Y5 B! N+ ?% Q& i* l
bandages." : E3 n5 v- k; P- T+ \
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( m9 j/ w1 o6 v% a$ ~: V
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 6 A( o' ?$ G9 ^4 p6 z+ A7 b
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 T1 `8 D; @' b1 @0 F
over after setting a cast on a patient?" * D: p* z# k( `+ i; G1 _0 L3 \
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- c. e- e4 Z. D4 v2 W- C trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ; P# l! z- M- B- @9 S) d4 ?; Z
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
; ` |, P. z; T* N8 i, u( p# @% D \ plaster." 4 Z5 R/ \3 r! N0 k
1 M8 \+ E" A7 _/ C0 ^: R3 f "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
0 X& N1 s4 H6 M# G$ \+ q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the * s8 F* h6 }7 U% }/ D
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ]5 }' Y D" F0 m' n3 H& M
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
& a- m6 }' ?4 u$ H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a \+ i# m# [6 A$ d
year they send us a complete dick." |
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