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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" f$ ~$ W" \! H" { audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 y `; U% {; q& D) `: X books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 ~) \5 k9 Y/ P! D( y4 |* k2 Q lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too ( z0 a0 U J: j6 q# W* `' x
little left to be of any use?"
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4 M! c+ s; P) C: P "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to , t" P! g1 p6 g+ @- { }- a6 N, C
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of . E1 i$ w7 Z" ~8 O7 }! y+ s; D8 v
bandages."
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! t5 A+ `9 [, ?8 E& \ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual " \% o- q; o8 ]' n/ F, ?8 w+ k* B h
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
1 Z/ {. J$ ?- x, d3 p; } k/ ~9 ` "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left * S9 f9 E K9 D1 [# g
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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0 m4 D* n& }" C6 U# v+ T8 I "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ! p% \/ F9 `" o
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
+ l5 W) H, h4 k, s5 m the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
; Y5 S# U* [9 m4 t( r" s) W plaster." + q& x: _8 W3 I9 A8 N) A
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster " T# d5 y1 G2 e
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
& r, R! v3 w, z' \2 F5 p leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 K( y* H% C. \5 a9 g, U' x
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
( N. V9 }3 {! m$ h3 F the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
: |) r$ m6 V; K2 M- O year they send us a complete dick." |
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