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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to , W4 L# a: m$ Z1 v9 i+ k: y3 p
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 Y2 L0 ?4 y- P5 J" p+ g6 R; K books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
" c) \7 j* @$ y0 N: V9 L% k lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : v% A& Q) f- C5 w' y/ T; s( W; P
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
' c2 m4 k' o+ {( A. m the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 2 Y5 m5 _ W, d$ }
bandages."
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, @: n, \3 y3 p; q; _# y "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 4 Q6 T4 L* j% _& B
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
* g+ o# {& K/ B2 t2 }" u "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left / }1 ]: Q$ t# a7 n( Y
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
* @( `. q& C) g, Y. h# } trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to : n4 q/ I, c5 W) c, J8 c
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
. E! [# i( e8 z; e& `( ?. F plaster."
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7 l% z' T9 |7 m "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# Z7 ]5 @9 A$ O0 l3 v the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. c: e1 x4 {) R leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ! n+ X* p% |; ]6 r
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
2 {' g( G( Y9 W; x6 M$ H$ h the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 7 C2 n) _/ {% @/ c! J9 d6 j J
year they send us a complete dick." |
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