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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to O: f+ m1 @1 V D3 H1 A% b. \
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 G. K# E( E$ L1 b ]& A books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 q* k" F0 L1 G' J) P9 f7 j8 a0 n- I lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
1 B4 [# A+ \6 Q* `+ D3 [& X: l0 V little left to be of any use?" 2 r- \) F3 Z E6 o0 p4 o: t
& r! m/ w/ V* B9 f% D "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to - [3 N5 w( Y9 Y1 ~; _8 `. n! S" E
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
$ G% F8 n* m9 V2 J7 d7 `1 q bandages." 4 W/ m1 e5 i" O i' `& y
% g1 y V0 W2 I "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
* f( S+ M0 f" {1 O; [ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
& M/ U D! ~ l/ l7 m5 K+ t6 g) I1 C "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left : V: b2 b5 t5 n% N& W3 r8 w
over after setting a cast on a patient?" . d( q& L o* W, V* Y9 J
4 W! ^. t1 v# W! s "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 r7 k0 ^2 `4 y( t0 q/ m
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " c/ ^# A3 e* X; A% E7 t8 I0 z
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
$ x+ l/ r" U; h! i* y3 i: X& Z" v plaster."
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/ f2 L$ X0 S; ~) N+ Z, k7 a "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / t* A2 z4 e6 D/ _) C: x6 n
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the $ l) S& q) g7 L3 m5 \
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 ^/ ?+ p4 ?1 W [+ s+ Z7 V "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- w) |* i4 |6 E$ K' q5 y$ ?7 y5 i the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 W4 E$ R4 h; O' _; I' \7 O year they send us a complete dick." |
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