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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
; R9 K9 Z) {. c3 J6 P. \) h audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
8 A- ?) J+ m7 u( z4 R books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& F$ o4 }3 s, B G1 x! p# E lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 4 r( i$ H% J8 y
little left to be of any use?" 4 l1 s; u- P8 \7 f; F- N& g" V
6 K6 s. c2 u- z ~: i* I( u "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 5 _7 h8 b) i: S: Y& z1 s- b
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
; O! m7 J# r. \ C% Y- J2 K1 j. r bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 l" {" u5 k* v question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. & n# G7 ~7 ^& @- d/ E i/ p
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ n4 e) M$ d8 t over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& x: V2 \+ c9 k8 J trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
6 S! H, ~3 M* c2 r7 l, ?+ K1 F the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 q) G$ }% s# z; @7 F# s& Q& ~ a plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster * Q, _. U& ~: N
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
# y k$ h* J& m; t% Z7 g leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / ?- D9 v% p- X7 k+ }
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 w$ e( [1 ~8 s3 L" R
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
$ K; b" }# u& I) V: V year they send us a complete dick." |
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