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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: g5 r6 Y6 r7 j# O/ M audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 7 [* @8 A2 D& |, z' A$ C
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a0 u- k+ N" G" ^# X
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
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/ K# @5 W: f4 f. o8 r "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
- b; A$ ~) I' H! P3 p the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
6 ]! ^" [2 I( r# h bandages." 8 _, a1 F5 V/ `- X
1 m2 g7 ]- ]; T+ W' i/ c "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # f- o+ b! o2 M5 R2 c
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # F: P6 p9 M% G4 w+ g& ^5 |
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left : Y7 C( ]" r; x. O% r& A2 W
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 n+ G6 b9 u9 Y7 e/ i
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- ?; g! N- n9 h: A+ L trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
" N/ Z; R3 |% U/ H1 H& j5 |! n the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' N! B6 U/ @! x* y/ O2 O' y. w) i6 p
plaster." " b$ d# Z, b$ B9 E- _
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 9 U5 F7 y' ?0 m( _- b4 Z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ' A0 M i- D, s9 Y
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
3 b6 J) K4 J0 v) f' _5 z9 Z "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 x. b( X5 O7 E* R the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
% Q) Z4 m: _6 K z% L year they send us a complete dick." |
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