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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. m( s n. d) j( Y8 g audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ w2 l: u. N. Z9 o, i books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
) l O. V& X( u1 d9 p+ i lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 7 r$ R4 T3 o, ~5 m% b
little left to be of any use?" * [+ v7 d- N2 a x5 k$ h `3 ~" R, j. E
( z& V8 F& i6 B$ C3 A "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
4 W. g# M* w' J" _# U( {1 {! @" p the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 v, L, P( g4 z* d& ~
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 4 D9 W! b3 r; o+ o. @/ |8 \" z3 }
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
; r3 F; Z4 g1 h1 U$ W9 B3 g "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ W7 }) b z, c" V( h1 ~- I4 p7 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 ' ^; P! T5 _: _1 ~$ j4 X+ C
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
) D; y: Z% w) O; z$ ?. i the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
1 x" W* P6 p0 o1 C# ` plaster." * t* u" M4 V- g$ e% p$ N2 _5 y
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 3 d8 r" K9 h& [2 c8 u
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. E9 b. Z7 ?! [9 P9 } m* e9 N; | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* C# ~% c, S% M/ Q b* B; |6 ~ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 e5 b- ~6 B- i- i1 c5 N M& Y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# X# E5 k/ Z! t, K$ `/ o year they send us a complete dick." |
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