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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to " c( } l% q' b0 T6 `# |
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 0 i1 v2 }; I/ d x9 L. _0 ?
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 ~! r6 N/ a9 @ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 5 L4 m% i& R# {+ U; D
little left to be of any use?" - W; `5 P T: y4 K
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ) e7 h0 g" N2 j; f+ F
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 C4 n3 y" Z# h; W5 F2 R* X
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) J3 g- P! @& y. m4 `+ E
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
$ V* W$ b0 L0 F: V1 ? "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
- _% p/ p3 U1 X. y) N8 B# _ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- O' ]7 h3 Q3 W. c) D6 w/ J the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
2 p& @+ |0 t) _7 l# ^( P3 N9 Q/ ~0 B plaster."
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" |6 v/ w* j& [7 X "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: }; K8 m2 @/ I. ~" a5 Y6 g7 L the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the : F. d( T8 i! s9 Q4 }1 ]( l# o: Z* j
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 w7 u( a9 a8 Z- S7 s7 }
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / a1 X" L: W- f6 b) L9 s# V, b# h
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a * h6 |" T7 o' b) Z* T1 q0 T6 l
year they send us a complete dick." |
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