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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 l, N: C1 e2 H+ N4 J. e
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 i2 p* E! S( ~8 l4 k books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. P" S" E- D2 n$ Y& `# Q( w
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 2 A' t. @3 W R1 o, E% e( N
little left to be of any use?"
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8 m0 p/ `& `" c3 \; `% s "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 5 x) X8 @+ R1 V+ i2 B
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of & S- x3 L/ C' c5 o* c. g
bandages." * ^& D3 F/ [# a5 W! I5 e
7 y$ H- p% }+ } "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 ~5 _9 V% [4 H' { question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & Q' e) F0 L9 A5 ]' S3 f: O K
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 4 V' c; E/ F5 y$ j: T
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ; X6 U2 a3 f- s3 K
: T6 u( a9 i4 \/ N" P) n "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 Y) k" e3 m6 N0 I# @
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to r+ h: O) K& w' g5 p" E
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
: r1 T; d/ Z4 h' R2 _0 r plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster # e- V3 ^: [$ e- z# J
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 8 C/ |; B7 A$ l5 ?9 A9 F0 D
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
' _9 h" z5 x0 ?7 } "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
) S5 l y- V4 n the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- n0 \- Q& H6 L year they send us a complete dick." |
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