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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # t/ Q$ [; N: j7 |
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the / Y% m# [9 m8 k5 h" X; N: L
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 O1 y: D7 j1 J$ l7 ^: [8 F1 g! Z! L/ L lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
) o5 s3 U; @9 T* ~# n9 V: @ little left to be of any use?" t. j* }) I$ W% n+ L" x4 F% w$ Z; ]
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to / [) p( |4 e" [8 I# y6 g
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 1 T* V9 n2 Y- `' g! J8 S
bandages." 4 c1 a6 V6 z# n8 c3 o$ p3 q
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
" Z3 X. a; b: U question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. $ g* k" X# h! v- [" d) z2 e2 Y
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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( D5 i9 g6 {' k& | "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 z3 P& ^$ b5 ~4 g3 G, d* g& X
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 2 C+ U, x* F! D
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 0 \% }! u4 R& F0 i x0 @# U, r
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the " F- ]# T- x8 a* S6 r+ ]
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" # L4 o; W, D8 @4 J
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; q7 z! J% b# u' S1 n. L
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 E [/ I2 l1 s! L& P
year they send us a complete dick." |
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