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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to / @$ a! [6 Q. n
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ U! e1 ]% N7 m) o+ m, K books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a9 ]# q8 ?! y: ?) y" }+ E, \
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 Y$ u$ I7 B; F 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
6 {4 c: ]7 D; f; g* e% k4 G the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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+ O' W/ S1 Z8 ~" v "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / e, m8 X+ t! F
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # x7 p4 i& V/ s3 L
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - `$ B# r" y2 I% N6 W8 V
over after setting a cast on a patient?" " Q ]7 x+ M1 J2 O+ p* L# U( v6 l
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
8 f: g2 P- Y3 q7 p" F% g) d/ @ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 z: U( Y5 X7 c the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 2 J4 }" R2 H- C" p+ c
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' n# i: M) y+ `
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ; ~: G2 N8 q. C+ k* O6 l6 P
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
& Q0 m1 V3 g$ ~6 u% I3 D; J3 f the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a , ^% G C3 J" J) i6 C# O$ F
year they send us a complete dick." |
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