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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 D6 i! N* U, O) V0 o. s* \$ z
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - \* q2 n) k+ ]$ D
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a) B, r3 K0 h4 q: c; J. B
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 9 w/ h1 H0 G8 v% X
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 $ V; y- G' J) i4 n7 I
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
* h2 S; q7 ]% o+ U, i/ C- ?3 q bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
$ w+ E# C6 U' h# W5 o2 P" h$ F# w question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 j5 y8 I* b1 U) W* S( Z E6 Z; I "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
. s9 a" c: ^3 u over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 B3 e5 K- r! |$ N G- e7 {4 x
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
, `" E3 l' o3 F the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' F2 P s/ d) z) q* }9 N% L
plaster." " q/ H7 J! u8 {5 `& P& Z/ {9 p
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
" t7 A) J9 t$ G* L7 M9 c the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 S7 U9 E3 W0 X- e+ w2 W leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" * p0 o) O" ` w' h
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all @1 L" Q* o9 @6 s5 `$ O
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
- `. W; |8 p$ E9 K2 D year they send us a complete dick." |
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