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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to * D" t6 q/ \( g
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 1 d ]% k6 v5 `7 L/ l- E0 l9 ^
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" p3 {5 _1 l q% Y% C
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too : O# w% n( h2 a) S4 }" c3 P
little left to be of any use?"
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) `3 i9 A& H$ e5 }" `' g0 M# T; W* H "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 S2 E4 \: z5 A the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 5 M. g3 X* w; K7 K. l) C
bandages." : \2 Q$ S& A* P9 l/ O9 d2 G
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual , L: O0 W* ?1 w* p4 J
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
. e8 Y0 X4 V& `0 @ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 6 }: n+ A% g8 m( \7 V8 @% O! r
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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% ?: A/ G2 e8 I! U2 C "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 i1 R0 c; G! J8 O8 t trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 3 v8 l8 g3 o% Y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
9 { N5 ^- N8 d9 s4 s plaster." * l* E; |( T# `4 \. A
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
0 Y c+ i N2 ~( m; A, I6 S the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 z: J# C" c. {2 _
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) A1 W8 Z5 B' X& j) Z ?" G
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
8 l ^, @* ]( c5 `% Y/ }- g the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ b) {) L) o7 G8 u' Q year they send us a complete dick." |
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