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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
1 r* K' ~2 \+ V' e audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 4 D! t7 S. l! Z9 c& W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& u4 q6 e- w7 r: d3 D7 z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 i5 k) z+ L( V( e) G little left to be of any use?"
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2 f' [; x+ D8 i0 _ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
2 @0 d# g( r* n5 [' g6 a the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
/ h7 ?( L# n( K% W. m" R' {- r bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 3 p1 v( u% r. E! G! Y+ c
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . o+ K# M+ P. @3 I0 |+ v
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
+ Q& M0 g- v" z9 [- n over after setting a cast on a patient?" % }) y4 S: z6 n5 Z
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 ^; G' \. d$ F, S. r5 U! v Q+ [4 R, b trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 9 i' d2 F% s0 ^1 j* r! x, t, ^' N5 N2 Y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / F1 E& H1 g% z0 d
plaster." & n% V6 `7 [0 y0 a& q: ]0 d
' c2 J0 O# ~# d# D+ u) ?# C; O "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 f6 e% g" L, R the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ; j2 O; E/ T* j/ M% m7 K) Y
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 Q" h, N1 b% ]1 A2 B
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # g0 }+ U4 _! |! J9 Q
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . S; F9 E1 x# w3 p) _
year they send us a complete dick." |
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