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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
1 W( n3 q( m1 w( Z9 ?; V audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 5 |+ a8 B# }, n: m1 x9 U
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! C6 s! N8 y: N5 E/ J( e lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 w1 q* f8 u& J% N3 ] little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: Z U7 y( s2 `. u$ Q- S the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # }1 t. \7 P5 w0 h
bandages."
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9 x1 \5 y( c9 ]0 i; p r "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 q0 A* ]3 b1 r+ o+ M6 I# C9 H question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! w, X$ _! j& N; N
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 0 e: _% Y7 ?7 ?' V) }) ~
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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3 f" m, `. ?1 I: J6 L "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 7 b! s- r+ A' t0 ?9 U
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 \; R% P* I7 }) y* c% a the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
$ ^9 \: R; r2 J: B. \+ k+ A: ~ plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster # P' M a9 ]( K) H6 s( @* u7 z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
/ Q; E' R- C$ e# V leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . I& l+ |0 s/ ?; o
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
, ^8 ?! j; B6 y7 S the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
& r A) t" z7 x( v. \# w/ H year they send us a complete dick." |
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