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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
$ p" p( w& f( J4 X4 q audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the . X+ s. h+ @6 x; i
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
9 c& c# {! y4 z( M. W lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too j ]) s; g4 l4 B: r
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
+ T/ D- @+ ` \" ]' e the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ) X7 L0 `/ r4 U) d3 U( S& p
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( y6 V, y3 }" ^6 o3 T
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
! n( F: z2 E- p; U "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % Q+ {0 K) x J: ]/ o
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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! i) d2 o# O; W, D! `% v/ {4 C T "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. `) W% V- y" P trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; O v$ B+ C& R2 R the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ; W. F& J+ V; h0 N
plaster." ' i$ c% t" g0 V a9 f$ c0 v
* q* g I' |; @5 _9 l6 S8 ^ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + U3 n8 X; w, Y0 q% m, f/ T
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) h* M* _9 J6 F. T
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % R7 }3 Q# X% o
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + C) m B$ ~. z) i9 M, i6 K9 ~
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
5 [+ X& H8 V9 _7 m. ?5 Q1 [ year they send us a complete dick." |
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