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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % a) @* c1 k# I, V0 e: V3 P
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 q) I5 T J. Y& Q+ \, A x5 k6 U
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 i$ `# {! e R& c/ u
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too - ?* v6 w' n% G7 I4 s4 R/ p
little left to be of any use?" ( b& H& b/ _- m
9 A2 ^5 x. S# ^+ a8 J4 B6 l "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 }+ x1 S6 z+ f9 u% H, g the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 2 w0 J! B5 h. Q! Z U7 A
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual $ Y% Y1 t2 c0 j# g g
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. * _; P, t2 S6 n5 T6 A+ e
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
; S1 q/ e6 l Q over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) D- a# A6 F2 r9 T# P: k5 P# a" ]+ l
3 w( _- N) t) S& C0 N8 P5 c "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
: ^9 L- t" D/ S( [: Q7 `# u trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( ]# T+ D [; u! q0 F! y- C the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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/ J0 B8 z6 p( ~3 x0 ? "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % F) R9 c6 q, s9 O/ }3 T
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + b8 N( R, Z" y3 P! g! H5 f# w
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 d5 T0 @/ q$ c" b( ]. b+ d. |, A
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( y; H t4 z) z the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a / F: y) _/ I: [
year they send us a complete dick." |
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