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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 s# a! i( R7 ] y9 @ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
: q9 l% g9 y5 O7 E; v, W books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
+ Y) U& J4 D! l& \" ~" r- V+ F lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
) `/ q/ w; j' e little left to be of any use?"
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% g2 P8 o" Y& ~/ j) P( X "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
9 |! H& t( ]4 i# o the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 c h* P( B: {" i1 Q) V& G
bandages."
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/ ^5 k6 A M7 l. k6 Y+ D "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% P/ |1 M! p2 s* D6 _ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
' X6 o- l3 K# Y% t7 z5 W7 s "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 [3 \+ F2 M9 S, W
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 7 {0 ?: y% z! V, e# a$ { c
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ! Y1 n& J/ l( C* y
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % B l' m0 }' l+ e1 [9 o: a
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of / _1 |" p6 J3 n, r
plaster." 0 L% Y/ j( U+ G( t- O' v
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
* w1 b5 n4 v* F% W the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ) ^, \1 W# }8 C1 y' A
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" - B+ }" o# X3 p; L. g5 Q& w6 y- ]
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all / ?/ F3 r$ `4 [
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
/ E+ }9 H, a1 _" O6 r" x year they send us a complete dick." |
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