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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 |1 z) l; V2 z4 O( |$ t
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 D. L: W) @9 |' G
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a( B) M) F7 i q" `* [
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
2 ~6 s; ~/ o2 ]( q0 B; D6 ? little left to be of any use?"
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6 z% Q/ a+ ^4 W, ~+ j- R+ X "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
4 _) p, C8 e- ], ~" X4 o the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
5 `% ?8 {( B5 u* O bandages."
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) e0 T; A1 @9 {2 N( ]6 k/ D "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
6 Y1 ^7 S* S' p8 b2 N. w/ s question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 6 V4 w7 A! ^. ^7 J+ ~7 z% M
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ! g4 g$ g5 s- \# |2 a# W$ l
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 3 }- w; F$ t+ m4 P
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ ~& ^, \. b+ ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
. I4 P3 O7 j) F, ?9 X+ U' ? plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " j8 e% L0 W0 e H9 S/ _
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
5 U; }7 i; K- A. o leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
/ g+ B$ ~: u9 T( h "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
- z V& E+ \0 |1 O; S the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; w5 W4 A/ {+ p6 u, w3 L3 ^ year they send us a complete dick." |
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