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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ! I. Y/ Y+ N( p2 o; ?1 H
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' B* y1 f, L4 `4 W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
+ j* z6 c/ {% d) L' h- x1 u6 M. E lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
3 v6 E7 y; }6 K8 X' ?) V/ Y, L9 u/ \ little left to be of any use?"
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' h v6 U/ c$ k" m' _4 O "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ( H1 |: t- C# Q3 k' g0 r
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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' A; W- A5 ` \ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
" E" l0 T7 n6 ]( z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ! O$ s U- x& i. L N3 W2 e/ E
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left . J5 N; j* Y, G
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 R% h8 N. f) c% r$ Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
- a* V+ W0 O5 \ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ( D7 c4 |2 m/ K5 C+ q4 z
plaster."
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: L& K# x8 v# L; C7 A: j' ~0 m "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster . a, G/ Y: R8 o6 X+ v/ _: S; n
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the , V+ a$ {1 G* P. I( `0 I. y6 k4 [- i- L' y
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + {' }% q* h/ f" G* f
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
, N; ]. _# }1 k the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! {4 f6 K- O- r5 b year they send us a complete dick." |
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