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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
& j# R; q5 V4 |9 N4 E audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
* ]6 b1 c& D; J) H+ k books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, p( L4 I( t1 y+ K
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
8 ~3 n) u+ s! G little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
* G; `- H; S, r5 h- T4 p the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 9 ]( H- z% J& P. a' \7 e
bandages."
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# J" u! u4 E8 g% S "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual + k* r; `# E& T2 O5 [: P ?4 [
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
, \( `+ m5 w6 X/ \4 Z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
3 l5 f1 {7 o8 r( ?+ u over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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6 {7 P# f+ M( n "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 G6 `' i% x7 M
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
& F3 n1 A2 H4 o$ Q! ]; w/ x the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 K% E; b F0 l) x0 v( i; y; t6 f
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster # \" t5 D& e2 |: o
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 7 F7 R$ w) w+ U* E
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " l a y3 f M1 o* S; W: q- g% X: @
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & W6 s$ K* l; O* t
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 k) V; R# o6 j- g6 O
year they send us a complete dick." |
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