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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
; |6 e4 _4 E% k/ f audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
' ?" k, v* o- Y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& Q' V+ m1 j. e& j' l1 D lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' a \8 ^9 \" i9 I' ^ little left to be of any use?" ( j- P, D% C% z( ]2 T
6 _5 N& {; J6 G' e2 [ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 c$ N U/ E A( l the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ( `: v6 U: T: _: ]2 x$ N8 z
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual / Q' o% x6 O Z( J; d8 B5 o; t6 w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. * f& y1 q3 e% `+ Q! o7 Y4 X
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
: a4 h7 D& {/ h8 { over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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6 \- Q% d K5 d8 q. ~3 F "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
! n Z- u5 D; F; J" W- J& a trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 F! _& E8 V# z6 j
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of & P1 A8 y( E8 w* B" P3 j1 Q- e0 i
plaster." # Y8 A+ A; M1 o9 A
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: B! Q# @) N% v0 @/ Z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 c$ B7 s6 j+ q4 ?( h leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
( `2 d3 b1 ]- c/ ]+ _ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: c, F8 n+ l7 k! `6 \. _ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* M- k9 y' Z0 j" p l0 ?8 l5 ~ year they send us a complete dick." |
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