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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
/ Y7 }) E# I2 c1 { audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 u- E9 ~& k7 ?7 A. n books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 T. i. X4 Z; g; h6 B
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . C! V; c+ h0 L! a3 [' m
little left to be of any use?" 9 j- e: Q) n$ [' R8 m
' o6 F5 H" S- f. w* ?( X0 a8 o& X "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
5 w7 @& g+ G# j- g the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % _' [0 f, I( J0 A K% P
bandages." ( E4 R+ R, r3 G& O. _. O: F
8 T2 P( S$ J$ ]. | "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) o3 j: T7 ]& J; A9 e* b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 2 F9 o# j% C+ e/ X; z2 y& c0 y$ ]
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 B! Q P) \8 ^( j
over after setting a cast on a patient?" : D- f" T2 E! U' c; H; T
2 H# Y6 c( \8 D8 }' \ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & K4 G& d ]) M5 K
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; W/ V1 R9 _: { the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , M! u& S, [4 ^! d
plaster." , v; r' \' ^2 X
# e' P4 V2 y: b6 a% c "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 2 y* q2 E5 g& U. J0 ^9 }
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 9 N& Q1 F' K# ^$ j! `2 a3 h# v
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . Z; ^1 d5 x/ B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 2 C% }0 o1 V" M9 G: o
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a % J8 m! R) L r# V; j/ z
year they send us a complete dick." |
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