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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to , d# u/ ?. j4 m9 W
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 2 x( p/ B$ L/ w. W
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ \, K1 B& z3 d+ T
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 2 {( K. G2 N# M, O6 l6 B
little left to be of any use?" 2 V2 U: x% k% t o
3 x' K9 `& G' A. Y; N7 m v "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ @. l6 S7 [5 F8 N; Q e the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
" L# a( Y9 k4 m bandages." , @, C0 T+ N: A7 A* N
2 B1 \) Q f; L1 ?, X% ~ "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual . Z: N2 f; F! J& Y: H
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
; |0 S! ]- ` v* U "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ) X2 u5 p2 e+ j, z' k. D2 }
over after setting a cast on a patient?" - t2 Z; D0 h' d+ g' ? u* J8 j
3 u$ U! u. Y% { "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( F* R: T$ w$ ?5 w trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ X! |7 Y/ ^5 [; X- U
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
/ k; e: m; f* }9 J, s plaster." 2 }+ \7 K. Y3 @
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; C- D; d' V( ^* c- u
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the / e7 D5 T1 k4 }6 w: [ p4 C
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
$ r) r9 R2 W. G* ~" p0 A# M1 d "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 [7 x* g2 J7 ?8 v; H8 m the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ' P L9 H8 Y# \" q6 b: e# U
year they send us a complete dick." |
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