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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
, P2 I' l j) M: j, I* ]& K audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
p- X, ]( s( h9 @+ G& z6 ~3 A books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 x$ Y' @$ ?0 J* c4 @$ _$ r lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too # _2 I) l6 K' j4 b5 G
little left to be of any use?" - T5 S) \6 P* j% w+ D
7 z. W4 g* n6 j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
3 W+ g/ @4 Z; h8 P# G) d the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
4 Q5 |) Q |5 {3 C$ o bandages." ( k8 p& R4 J+ ~4 g. B6 o6 N- h2 U _
/ m' W9 p' p$ D) D, r! {# \6 C "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual + s) H1 H- V* P& L; |+ L3 B L8 Z
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , v5 j$ S+ m; a t; v4 A0 [
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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/ d) ]$ h# f/ Y- X "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 6 T, e4 w& V4 g) R1 a
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
, i4 Z9 ?; R0 F, t1 S the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 4 W% c \6 X2 v; ]* G, U: ~- F! \
plaster."
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$ F- C$ d1 N1 c8 V2 M8 D! e "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ y% R( b& I. F/ h1 f* K the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
$ ^8 d) F# B0 O6 X Z: ~" J leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( R# X- Y u8 \. p) ]& |
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & D! I( F! r$ ]0 l! j
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- o4 ~3 l+ c" Z+ H7 p" x5 j; @ year they send us a complete dick." |
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