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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 8 ~6 [; D7 S6 I, r
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the $ V* J( R6 h1 r' |; _' L
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a Q) K- [1 |! _0 z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
4 \4 P/ T& E w$ q+ i# u 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 4 |0 f. W7 p- `, }; V1 F2 [
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
" q5 V, |9 J& d. }- V( ]6 Z bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & X# Q4 c) w- [- x! l
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
! d3 r( l Z$ u2 i5 y* P# H [) m% p "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 J- a# Q& r; S" C n1 Z8 L% U
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! g& |3 f: E. |1 p9 s q+ U
6 m; `. z5 y6 E( @9 x "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; x: ^4 k: ]% @7 ]7 g
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & [" c+ O6 n- w% y/ e, O- [3 p
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of . I. G6 K5 E" T; ?2 `6 A8 B
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
9 ^8 s! E y; c# C the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
# u4 k) O5 k W" u leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & _1 m1 u+ H2 j3 q+ g) F
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 d6 s w3 r' r d
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( p$ V+ l. K- T+ v year they send us a complete dick." |
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