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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
4 v2 G. w& {8 P# Y$ g5 }$ Y3 G0 _2 M audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ }" v D% O+ ?1 | books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
) \2 k0 W; A3 M) m* I6 }* g) c; S$ c lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too , t8 {9 ], X9 k1 G
little left to be of any use?" + E! T. ] K+ `- t1 Y) c7 F7 z$ g
5 j2 v* [4 u% M7 O9 z. `1 M "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 4 K: u# W6 t( m8 t' |: H( p0 f" ~
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 R7 l) n9 `2 `! @7 a+ p; l bandages." & u% @9 x* o7 C# D* a
M$ k: h& R U2 z "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
$ J8 K/ }$ J) C- G question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. + R0 @7 K% C- Q6 b. O- h$ w
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left * K, T2 K4 ~/ `0 S2 B2 n& N
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( j3 Z2 j/ E2 Y" V: [: G3 p" k% s+ r trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
3 S* l* j7 [ Z: j the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ( g' D' C% N, n5 \( K9 l& u. C
plaster." : H8 \+ @9 j6 B
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
+ q4 X" q; S) Z. p% F# I the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" N' l) T1 k- j8 o' |7 D% i `" C leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
X' n! v4 g/ \$ M "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( y: G- f& N+ h- H+ s7 B# ` the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
5 u- A$ H& R: n9 O; G% U! a year they send us a complete dick." |
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