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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 M0 c c4 k7 G9 S7 i9 r: u
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
- O( l$ r6 u) p' j/ [0 G books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a1 J! f; n% a$ \! z Y+ O% G
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too / n4 ]8 z- X! [9 ~
little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 M; Q) {% L+ d6 v8 p4 A the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
5 N8 i( A! u0 t# i' ?/ E bandages."
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* I% h0 o; Y. O* e' X& D1 b# B "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 7 [0 V+ U3 b: E( ] ^5 u/ L0 C
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 x7 x+ l# T6 m6 Q
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 1 @+ |9 P" _6 f0 j5 d5 ?- ]
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( ]0 ~, \5 U) k6 W4 Y
4 G9 w' z2 N6 a3 [ ^ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / Q& ]3 J' T& f- @6 o
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
' l& I& w& I- J w) X the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 g! q% }' \9 H( H. R; Z$ t
plaster."
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% ?+ M: D- Q, `; a "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % d( i6 K0 x2 y- N( e1 j
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 5 R+ @7 {6 Y1 o z! l& R0 ~
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
; J0 G* T* K' T( |/ U( k5 i "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # \+ g7 Y) Q' c! |$ p
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a & x9 ]4 o; ~/ h+ |, X
year they send us a complete dick." |
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