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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ( r7 u: C/ N% w; Q- c' v1 t
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 3 W& `. T) x% y {; t X
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
* @& J+ ~) `$ }! \1 m lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
: l8 |0 o8 u1 {/ r3 d little left to be of any use?" - P6 ^- E6 |6 J1 E9 U9 ^
# T; g* d; d' Y* F "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
k4 {7 K( @9 U \7 j6 F+ j the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
, T2 S V, ~. v; B- C bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 K' [5 v- }% o j9 ~# p- Q
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 ^% M- C& k4 G4 a. e. o "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
2 A% `: b. S: g+ R! @ over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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6 ~# v) F+ y4 M "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
$ q& x+ V/ c# ` O0 w trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
4 }. K/ d* k( E- A9 B3 k' R the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 U( D2 s7 h6 P1 U$ ] plaster." 4 t/ t1 k9 {8 c7 j% D. F
" `8 u$ {% Z& ~& v5 u- ~2 r "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster . c9 w$ k/ ?* H) K
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
' N4 z+ f; Y K: X7 N; v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
7 B4 ~3 ?( M5 ^ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all , W: ?( j* }" T
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 _1 W/ a1 R$ ^+ ] N7 x. R" U year they send us a complete dick." |
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