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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ( S8 K- t3 w/ f' X* |' ^" A+ S3 u
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 Y2 o+ `' A9 X. R9 G
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a9 a+ j3 T5 K8 r6 h; ~) x$ z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too - O. r* i: u& y
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! h Z) J the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of o; r* G8 r+ V8 T1 n2 Q
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual , M. | g7 C. r
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 8 E j6 o( e, g6 D
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 I) Y: U5 \; j/ V/ s6 {' Y over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( G" Y+ o1 N; _ v- v2 M
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ) a. M% a4 O+ | @- P
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: N! e! X, }$ B9 n( Q" l the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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( w0 Z1 g$ _; Q6 U5 u& M2 ~ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
W- s- G& x# u/ n the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 5 P W ^% R6 @4 j0 u' Y
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 d* L k; S2 |( Z3 \0 l "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
2 a1 s, D% {) b the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 _ U( g3 |8 a% }+ e year they send us a complete dick." |
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