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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to $ _( P7 _: ?' [7 n. ~6 J$ h6 v
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the * k- h# |. p0 S7 B" f
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! ]0 l3 i" {+ P* A: ?& g lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' ~& Y, O$ _5 v4 R3 @" w little left to be of any use?" 7 t( _$ I$ t3 U2 u v0 J3 S* K ~
) y0 @2 Z. N) D4 F( c4 u "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to " Q. f7 [9 a; y" {
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 8 i4 E4 ]% X! `9 q! K
bandages." " O/ ^! p, |6 C0 z. m
0 D* H, g. k* S) t2 N: O "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
+ c7 Q4 a. G, o; ` question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
, m7 U# s/ C* A5 e8 c5 l! _ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left + p4 c5 Y" {; H# ]
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ' c' g6 `; v. l2 L7 t: J
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
. [2 O# |! G0 y1 J* | the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
- D) z/ D- z" h plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
$ h# x2 t F% R) r& Z" i5 { the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
$ a/ ?8 W1 j d9 ?2 F! {4 G r& E leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* N5 T: J& g6 @& j1 i7 L8 ?7 Z "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( S( Q+ z# R" U8 c0 T$ d* Q
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
6 [' j1 Z4 l B; K2 x- {1 V! w year they send us a complete dick." |
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