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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 G3 _- I. {* q+ [5 b% u( A; m
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 w) E' j1 _9 Q0 Z3 l5 u, b: M
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a7 i* w2 J$ @& q7 U( I8 B# ~8 U" }
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too * R4 t# b( {, u4 X" ~" X
little left to be of any use?" # J" q& F" q6 t- G
) \( W/ w# U) e( o "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 5 m0 a, v& Z: D3 Z. Z* A& f
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
0 c: G' p% R% j. L5 m( M% ~ bandages." # N! @) J% M# E" i6 P
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
) u A. q. |- o3 v8 B/ e5 Q; i' f question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 9 E/ |: p& D7 b/ j1 ]& c
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
+ i1 i3 |/ ]: I# s- k& l5 K! _ over after setting a cast on a patient?" : ]/ G& C* f9 W3 w3 w1 }; s0 j
& R2 \0 @0 V8 o3 V7 a+ | "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
* P" |; }5 L: l% L trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
0 b& u' ?6 q: [2 r1 q0 f1 ] the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % `; W" t4 Z& B% @% V
plaster." & z1 F. }5 }$ g
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
( j* Z' z: F4 n" @- U/ K the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the / w4 o: U/ z5 @* \7 l! T
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / h+ Z9 y6 Z7 L" M, |, r
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 Q2 B5 g% Q( j) M" w2 r the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 6 ^9 A# r: _: s, X5 {
year they send us a complete dick." |
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