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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
. [4 D$ V* j& k1 U, {4 d4 Z6 o audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 f) j7 L: n, C& F8 ~% F* O3 m
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
7 i4 @8 l8 a1 k J4 S lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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# \2 F$ S3 S5 ?3 ^# D" }& C "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to . O' T% M3 n' U( U9 c4 R1 G3 D
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) Q2 v* D5 [' _4 `% o' D1 y
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 L8 T9 P# e: g& [9 n9 y1 B "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
. N6 ~1 i/ f. E- Z over after setting a cast on a patient?" % g- T: [' R# a! k9 A! p
* \2 b# {, I3 J) @ V1 X+ H8 c- v8 C "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 J! N. x' y: n; e
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 K$ K; Y& p( H* v+ ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : P3 @( \) C% M0 j" ^$ D
plaster."
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. ?3 [6 X3 r' G `) ~ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
1 c( X# l# `/ k2 e the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
/ n& l/ G) a5 |! r6 I5 M7 h leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ) G9 ^$ @) F O% z4 D( W. F
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all " z6 X; Y4 L0 D9 g1 `
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
% }8 q; f$ g8 H! F5 ^, V+ S year they send us a complete dick." |
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