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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 X, l' f$ v9 D t( f% U1 K: | audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
4 T S/ [, ?, F f/ r1 A books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 z" ?* S6 S* I0 @# d
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
: k4 Z0 D0 q0 a" S* s. `, e7 I f little left to be of any use?"
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0 J0 W" `% S' ^( m, [' n "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
+ N1 S5 |2 n5 e: H the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 2 C; n8 n" i! j! ^+ Y, d
bandages." " e( F4 g& _# i \1 ?5 ^9 C o* o
6 Z E' |" `! q* K+ o& v "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
8 ?$ q3 F9 k) q, T* d& M1 n2 [ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 Y* E# u; a4 B& D- J "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left + S6 ~( v* M3 b& o9 ?5 p
over after setting a cast on a patient?" : m" ?/ E6 C% d3 d
; M% Z: s) O5 @, _ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- I" e* Q X8 E7 v7 q, i1 B0 c: [ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ `* x/ g$ U/ l. }5 P0 L8 M
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - f) F# ~7 s' b; ~- d1 e
plaster." 7 O$ J* B; {* J3 A5 A7 d
! R+ y8 _, I9 p+ T; ]) u' ? "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / b% X' a& |) `6 f) W8 d# @; {
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
1 h! h& K# o1 \' m- n leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 f4 j. ]& D0 N( p( | "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + b' c0 _; m' F: B* m; i& _
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 f. T) [( V6 | year they send us a complete dick." |
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