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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to - c0 v( m8 V; r9 V/ X4 {7 k
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! }: `# s4 J- m6 {
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
$ A& a1 b" ?# |% P+ [ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 e/ r; p: O5 z0 i little left to be of any use?" 0 f& A5 r) s0 i3 j: J) I
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
' p& X+ T9 Y( m: ?+ ~ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
. y( F4 K! g+ A% q: t2 w9 X bandages." ' W7 h& k X% p& u$ q/ ]
* y5 Y4 G, M) }8 H# z4 A* f$ | "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
! b; j0 l3 K9 G7 ]7 V( ~; M question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 4 v( U1 F. l$ ~9 [- x- d' u
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% }2 G; I5 x& I$ Z over after setting a cast on a patient?" C1 B2 q4 L1 N, D
j( I4 K; D9 t' f+ `9 ~. c; ~% y "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 4 g' y" V4 @+ q* G3 l& S1 k
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: V0 N5 j O. @" Z9 ^ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 B4 S# @2 M! B) \
plaster." ) Y; ] G* v y1 [$ o
1 C( v Z3 D/ z- V "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 c+ Z1 H. B# ^: z. [ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
$ d$ }; k' t* w1 C3 I. C. i leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 6 G+ z+ b' Q+ C$ y' T
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
9 I) _/ V' i- O the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; x y* r5 z/ N% H% Z year they send us a complete dick." |
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