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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
3 ?- V; g* C' j5 o1 y- G, U. p audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& w+ k) K7 { D- Z0 n- v books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* g- p I* |& N+ G" h# I5 S8 k* }
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ' F* A9 \0 j3 l9 o, v- v2 J
little left to be of any use?"
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' ^: U2 b8 G4 X! I& e8 A. R, b "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to m! J" D" q. n& `/ C M6 f
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
( S4 c; s' H% d1 `- e5 [3 ^# X8 e bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual " \; U; `3 ^3 D
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 g% c1 a4 p' W' y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ e! g7 U! |1 I/ w% S over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ m$ L0 J$ L* _9 z- f& r
+ H) j a0 T% e "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 L% a& G5 a7 h8 u6 [
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
% h9 R; m9 m) T$ G5 J+ n0 s. ?! Y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / _# R1 j! H0 P* i/ Q4 W
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 } H5 }4 L' f the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 K! ?; f2 @& c) t7 E2 y
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 k% m9 _, J& z+ f* X9 U7 `
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
; m! _% q, L ~2 B! @- I4 u' r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
" V: D, F1 ~3 M4 H1 t" n year they send us a complete dick." |
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