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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# ^: g: T, I4 m7 ~& ? audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
% }8 L; T+ J3 |6 t2 I+ ~ books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 q, k7 K- \, y lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too / B1 A$ y" C5 q7 M; U; K
little left to be of any use?" 8 \# E, i6 E6 S. H6 S
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: T% J4 ^# F" K' k the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , W* |& p8 b4 J, U; D8 D
bandages." ) z! @0 u% O; h* N. I
6 U; i) N) g. Q) m2 K9 s "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
! Y! N; h0 H3 K8 ? question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . r1 ~8 r, m; R% y U) Y, t4 ~2 ]) i
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" n# D4 l2 E! F5 Q: [ over after setting a cast on a patient?" + b# @; D4 g7 M' Z; \; k# C
& L" i7 H F7 D9 |0 r6 l1 Z "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 5 j; s8 _# X* C$ q" A; Q
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to " H3 b* E0 y ]/ M$ S/ W. }6 p/ ~9 L
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
2 F7 P" c+ Z+ E. @ plaster." - ~) }* D7 M7 o [9 r8 F* u
/ A7 \/ v% q8 K "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# h, R3 F0 W1 [" g$ ]) E5 l the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the % L A8 I) s' X% J! f
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
9 U7 d' ?' d4 M/ x0 `: o7 Q "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. R! u7 ]5 M, l% M the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
9 ^5 k* Z! I' h/ Y+ R0 p year they send us a complete dick." |
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