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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 z3 Q" x0 W% R) X4 k; x, w+ h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 r3 `- J$ P% F% X4 G X& i `% C
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; `* y; {6 R6 O
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 9 i R: L5 {8 {! R
little left to be of any use?"
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7 b8 M" p/ k% T) }: r' `7 y "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
" W8 p# B6 V; V2 W the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ) Y& v& C+ `# e4 ^; g2 o6 N
bandages." # h9 x) b" C. }0 Z3 H
' N( c6 u6 {$ G' m5 k. I "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual * h7 {5 _. F1 V$ q! z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 b3 P; B6 g9 w( I+ m
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" ~5 n& u; R, F: x5 x over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 ]$ a, i( M w3 P! v0 q( Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
$ c; Z& ]/ f/ u0 m# c the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 \' @* O4 b% f2 z( u plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 q% b7 O* s, } the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 A( J4 e) ^, `$ A, j
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - ?- _8 [2 R. A+ Y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 q( z2 W% B$ t* b7 r. e the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 y# ]1 e/ u6 |; y( i year they send us a complete dick." |
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