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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to + h# j6 J* _) E# w9 s7 k G V: w; `
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
* o. S8 l* D' R6 ?" P* M books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
# Q+ u9 I4 @5 A4 I+ T1 K! ~ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 6 b2 Q5 R+ V8 N% K
little left to be of any use?" ; A ]! `1 h6 Z$ Q
% i3 L$ i; B) j" a& v8 W0 Y* j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 8 H: `4 {" h, H6 S2 l
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , d6 w# o. f& B) A
bandages." 1 z! G' x% Q1 n# U) V. `
3 B- A1 B2 a: h "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual , B5 j9 D k% u; ?
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. " q) s( J& n1 _' S6 z p
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - r& R0 {3 k) y0 N/ Q' Q8 D
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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" K% \# p( V8 c- u. R "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to * A! B }' [8 x3 c, V: ~' |( i# R
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
* m/ Y0 l; K0 S! T. ` T' T5 M the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster : M+ ^( G4 ]9 \. m+ B/ P* A. p
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
* y6 P& K* ^# b. m5 N, _6 v: {+ v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 4 y" f$ l& ? X0 [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + V" t- N3 X! T6 @. W* S
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
' H5 D# P2 R# ^0 b" m7 X& d year they send us a complete dick." |
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