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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 a$ I6 R U1 g6 p# ~
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the $ G, {4 X3 N8 r& w, J8 L
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! K4 L# L. n: D7 A8 E+ k7 t lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 M1 j; S" o5 U6 x. |' M' X" w; K little left to be of any use?" % L r9 \8 K2 \! @, i) g
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ! N; ?7 J+ E5 N) ^2 ^
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 q6 ]+ P% P2 `) ?
bandages." ! g- t, ]4 b$ E2 j4 _
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
0 @' ?9 U+ J$ d9 `" z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
; i% U5 m% J( w4 p' ]: N "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
# j6 {) k; _3 |- |' Q0 ` over after setting a cast on a patient?" & y1 E9 k; I( v! H
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
7 Z$ `$ Q$ U* D1 g trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( ~0 w" I. n4 w- q Z j$ i/ t& \ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / x2 H+ _+ ?4 k5 k) r1 c
plaster." , f/ ~2 T% {, D& N
Y/ \) G7 G% m8 t "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
' d' U! e5 ?6 m0 b8 D6 D the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 ?2 {4 k# T- v, u
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / V7 Q3 [* `, z0 X1 I$ B- L
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + Y s2 Z% s6 u+ |
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 3 G) V1 S9 [- S$ d/ P
year they send us a complete dick." |
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