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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 T& H8 C9 X$ K9 T. Q+ T+ A- I- R& q7 e) l audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; o' T: P F0 L; L* x4 h' o books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a# Y+ X0 v. p% a
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too % b% r7 H9 I9 S2 H' u, F* }# k
little left to be of any use?" 2 c1 Y d% q* o- v& ~, R+ N% a$ J
; b/ W3 L3 N, E( b0 R "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 T+ S7 G" W! e+ T the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 X* B, n$ r9 E2 G, R7 T* h' r bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / }9 k- g$ n" e: n
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
& X( ^ r% i2 \: Z' E4 Y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) _& {" q) ^5 X3 s
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , e4 w- A% }3 p
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( e% s" K: a% K$ I trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to / J( d% z8 D/ Q' s- q7 U1 |; U
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' N; i' ~( j& v2 I1 W. A
plaster."
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4 w2 H1 X! _% W& `, Y, T. R7 o "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 R; j4 s* v" h6 K! i: ? the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 y+ N: S$ ~0 C( i, D
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % w" G- l1 \0 y# T) f
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. ^% h0 T9 l6 n5 `1 d' ^$ |' G the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; p' u) p8 Q1 V& Z% |& L year they send us a complete dick." |
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