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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . j. }. G( c! \3 R' m
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 r! I6 c+ i' r# |$ n books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
% ?0 I3 g' l+ Y7 ]& S/ A lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
6 E% S# B! D# }4 l little left to be of any use?" 4 w. E! F0 v0 R6 z" G: u
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
' Q( {2 ^/ I V' p/ b( S& l* w7 O the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual : W0 w: z* @& c! T4 C5 t0 Z7 {
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
8 L* W s' Z! l, z% B; Y1 e "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 t K2 l' g6 x! K' i3 J over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
/ l9 _/ ^) u( S1 V& r trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# }5 I( i: E' p/ f3 e' @8 B8 ? the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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) }6 s' o5 I a+ M) \8 [ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , |' |$ D" A: M& Y* D0 {1 ~& P
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 q# ]) y9 n7 J" G- [5 f leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 p+ _* a8 C1 I5 {- H
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; l# h' V( t# U7 I* F/ l
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 U) u: N6 j( d7 S- o- O year they send us a complete dick." |
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