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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
/ m; H. X. Q8 }2 \7 x, J audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
' }( x& r4 E& V9 J3 u books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a) g8 W+ h7 b5 ]) y+ a
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : X/ @2 b) M F# o) f, l
little left to be of any use?" . R* q7 e8 F) X9 |7 P
# Q. N; e/ k% l0 p "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 0 n3 [. d% z/ ^* v
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of / x+ g) `, k7 G
bandages." % A* n; l. q( z8 o. p/ X3 g5 o
/ K+ Q! [' }) t- M9 ]5 Y "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 m! _( L/ C6 p2 Y, J; y: ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 o$ Z$ y0 k3 q
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
) q% M7 C/ q6 t* N% ~ over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 z/ K' `0 S+ T
' J* U( q1 N% W# h. X4 M. g2 I/ I+ q1 n2 R "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- U2 B$ k0 J# u% V% ` o trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& J- o, X9 I$ Y9 [! b the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
. h4 @& N$ P0 ~ plaster." 5 T7 P2 S5 X& P6 X
2 {, h; E6 h8 w" D; ] "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
; Q0 R2 R( p: x the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 4 _+ }3 ]- N- e* a6 M) J9 N0 r
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
+ g. h9 Z: C5 [( O+ ^ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: |9 N& P9 B; M8 `+ d' ~( ^ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 8 h \2 s1 A6 M& b$ `; \
year they send us a complete dick." |
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