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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" M; J8 m$ Z! l- R c- ` audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
+ W; E' p/ v9 i books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a Z( x1 k0 @8 F8 S! T4 y: J
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
: U; w; X, z9 @# d little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to & H6 e1 n3 C" f# G$ f6 P$ u7 y
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 2 n4 ~+ [$ q' u8 T j! o
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' \* R7 _3 }4 e/ B& W
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
+ V- d$ F$ r% \: @: g "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
1 ?1 H( _+ T9 ^. L over after setting a cast on a patient?" % A9 k- R2 R5 W) a2 t9 U
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 2 `0 i; b% A- d# G* g" |
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
! k5 `8 Z" i( T% u: e4 k) U% j the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
- b8 t3 v0 c% W$ |% r plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 3 Y* w" I1 m$ ~- t8 m
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
% x2 M9 j% m3 k5 j; [6 w8 t8 C leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
. |, U N/ n9 t% k9 V1 { "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
3 \( A/ f: o4 C8 @* P the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! P( b3 g0 w! `" L: t/ R year they send us a complete dick." |
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