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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 e+ B& k9 y7 W7 W
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 L( s% o. n& P books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a) k. |/ Y8 m& E A2 \
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 S! M2 H* _( W1 z; p little left to be of any use?" , j, K% z, T" r, R: J
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& @. J' L F8 B the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % e3 d* M$ g( G! t" S
bandages." 3 v; @- [1 @4 c/ `& E8 E: z& y, F
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual , g; y" `, r/ T6 i
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 v: Z. \0 G- C& W7 A* D) x2 y. @
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
/ U) o1 I& w. u9 y8 C' x over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& ^' n9 x9 V, e: W K5 a/ @ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 7 c) h L8 B7 C
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 K j, H( E8 Q+ A; H: ` the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 k+ c# r4 @& M8 V1 n# U
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 \. z1 {) u7 {) p3 j
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / ~: O6 J8 Z. n9 B% i
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* l+ d( @: T; _8 W! ?" B; A year they send us a complete dick." |
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