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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# |, t; n8 s4 ^/ q# x4 t+ b audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! l3 R" q% d$ Y$ I& L
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a1 [9 C' }; z& T
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( `# \% ?# B$ Z8 ], v) m8 B little left to be of any use?" ) E" }/ F4 \' t. A1 b k
! O) j7 W+ t5 H* b7 p5 v: M "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
* e$ a% Q% A5 E/ m the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of * p) P2 a, g. y4 [0 Z" J
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
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"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
( p1 ^* x* m" o. p over after setting a cast on a patient?" * E" s3 o2 x0 K# E: j$ ^: }
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 y( }* b; @8 }# o& e9 d' T& L trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 4 @' W1 k# y7 W& F- v8 h5 ]
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ) p/ D9 p+ F( w+ x* |1 y& \4 r7 Z+ P
plaster."
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5 p# e; B4 y% i- L. j3 {7 m. `3 G2 a "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
- R% }5 p$ w1 P( R the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
, ^ s: h7 J$ ]$ O# H leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 L% G: t6 @' M
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
1 J/ z6 X' H6 N9 `" H3 _! u the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ z( \0 J4 i/ D) |! h year they send us a complete dick." |
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