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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 ~6 t' Y# p9 y+ L. c6 R9 t/ K' R audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 w- T( k7 Q, Q* X4 E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
3 F! ^5 o+ Z7 w! ?& ?& j' m4 k7 P lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " [3 ]4 E& \+ W* ?( L; u
little left to be of any use?" ( z- c) f: p3 c1 W/ C1 L1 ]
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 4 Q' G* u, e* ]
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
6 \& F* Z! V, q6 o$ b bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
4 \) @1 v9 H& x' |% v" U2 P question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
1 {# {2 y9 Q% P; G4 D "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 9 E/ [9 D) b0 y I* U u# P
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to `9 O" M- T2 h( q+ f) q! h; }) v
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ d+ ]! H/ }( Y0 B4 k- S the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ! F) J5 T; I8 i3 [7 _0 o! o
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# l, i7 a. L5 p ~7 ~1 v$ D; a: O( L the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 3 _( Z( n8 }6 c
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 r( w; l/ ]+ V! F& J2 q) h
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 K9 ^+ b' _ m! M the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 P) R$ Y8 N# g3 M; D. B
year they send us a complete dick." |
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