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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 Q+ p/ E$ z5 S$ X8 s0 c9 y
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" ?) n/ e5 ^* E" V; [, J$ X, U8 @0 n, g books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
4 v8 Y6 w+ z6 T& R$ |3 x* K lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 9 k9 G$ O4 v( m2 V, ?3 n* x% k
little left to be of any use?" ( a7 ^# ?4 | R9 x& \1 s
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 _5 r. m7 P6 \/ J, e1 o# i& t0 a the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of - j2 Y4 o3 x- G
bandages."
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0 r8 m+ u) ~" E; l "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
W' m9 |( K- o( K# L% m2 t1 m question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 w9 g6 b0 z4 X4 q/ | "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left , @ a% ~3 T2 b, z# ]+ }
over after setting a cast on a patient?" - b; C7 a+ w/ O' u; }) F, J& w
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 ]) @- X1 n# x0 E1 ]. U$ e trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ F: n& m& 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 o$ k3 P% Q: p: y/ y. X
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 e0 q1 o3 z) Y6 _5 C leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / c( s* L" f4 B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all : y9 f8 Y1 }$ { x' \' u0 N$ x
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
4 N1 u; l, X) \) t1 @1 S( M% A year they send us a complete dick." |
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