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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
4 r3 G* C9 ?3 h- K audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" J0 B$ [9 c1 L6 L books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; w4 M; l) n6 J2 L( O
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too * a. i; a- b* X: Q: U m
little left to be of any use?" ' B' Z+ E) u/ O/ `
& T& \6 n" f" n4 n7 s "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 3 f& g$ A" \1 ~; g
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # \. @1 X! l( e6 ^' H
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 I* Y9 B, _% t9 N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
4 J, r4 p7 g4 L- Z" A8 T, C0 K "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left + j8 ~. t3 d% M0 l& S
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 5 b6 N3 j3 z- l$ ? F
+ f* a* b3 G5 p& _# E- |+ G "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - k+ ~+ g# h! ]. r/ w9 m
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
( p( T( p, N1 u the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 l9 P( \( D' {8 \2 Y
plaster."
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9 B: j- n& [& r: `% ^" @ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
* W6 v/ `1 z2 \$ q2 |$ Q4 Z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! ^. y3 l2 {6 g. P5 b: m
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " [) p5 S$ D' D4 I6 K- a# D; y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all $ |8 H% z9 p: h1 ^' _1 m
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a - e- T8 |* ]6 m, {5 M
year they send us a complete dick." |
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