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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
- w: ]$ o$ t. g; e" I" ^! A audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
& F8 d% |% H, v3 n3 }' D4 c3 ~% t books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
' o4 s& [ }% q! x$ H1 I lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too & L9 p/ h( C9 z% ~' {. P
little left to be of any use?" 4 e+ \! i6 o6 a, [" p
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to % q1 K% s( U! _$ v9 n! o5 t
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 J2 |. }6 r* f7 r; K3 i/ z3 A3 |
bandages." / ]! d) r5 b) c; [2 Z3 `
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 4 m- |; @# J3 n- ]
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. , J z' Q8 o/ L1 z2 X5 k! s
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + D, G4 d. c9 f2 M1 j
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
) l0 W& N8 A4 M* E/ u the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 L" b* \6 Z* X( |6 g
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
. t Q+ K0 @" w7 [ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 ~: Y y4 m2 N: `! N leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" . d. P% R6 G- \% }$ n. D( M. o
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 U- U* m' I; _8 s9 ~& |- }; _ h the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ( a9 U% \+ j6 n5 H5 P
year they send us a complete dick." |
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