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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 6 Y& C+ x3 j' U) ^$ k
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the / F: H I+ h3 t; D s4 D
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; f4 z( g" ?; v3 M
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 `. Q: ?# e5 V. F# ^ s little left to be of any use?"
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" {# z& a# i5 E2 G& R "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: E7 Z6 ]' e( L* U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 X/ y& Y# H& N6 h6 y bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ! X5 B7 v5 x4 n9 m [, N
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. / r7 o" E% Z. {* ~
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 O1 W/ Z1 }$ Z) S1 V4 R) e9 m8 J |
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 u1 v5 x& A* Q- A' d3 L& f @$ h
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
8 J5 z; z8 }" s7 }7 o$ p Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + P' d0 U' {2 s# f9 ~1 Y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % ?5 P$ ]+ |9 o2 K( s& c
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 e" A' ]* @, n
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
1 t7 D8 {" X; y% i0 B leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 g% `5 ^+ e4 ^$ y# T "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; P; M7 r5 p; ]# y3 D* m8 X& Y
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* Y: z0 G* H2 e2 c) |/ {1 L# f year they send us a complete dick." |
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