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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
: G# B3 M" S3 A/ z- w audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
$ f* F( ` O5 Z: B0 o$ a" v books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
H+ V" k2 X+ A9 u2 S7 J lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 0 z" ~, ^, C Q$ k
little left to be of any use?" f3 N' E4 @& P& k
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 ^ u1 @( i4 \* {3 U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 8 L9 K2 h; W' b( e, \7 Z
bandages." $ C) A. z/ _! t' [3 ~' G# ]
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ' p& K; l: S" ^! H9 \$ h
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # W4 w I+ t: K! Q$ d9 m
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 t6 y# }' y6 T over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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1 t& l& w0 N8 s) T "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ' |3 ^' A' L9 a2 J& Q% C
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
s* H6 U. P0 ?% z. ` p the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
( l' E2 s! D2 h" o" {5 P/ z plaster." $ X- A8 @0 q% g' q
1 F5 X3 c7 l' @2 [6 S4 ] "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
4 Q' f, E; f) k# D) J$ h. }! i the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. o) M3 G/ Y* \ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 6 ?$ z3 D2 S: |, }3 |6 S
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 D( l# L) L: V2 `1 J# d0 E( U' S) ]0 M the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 5 C) S9 _1 F- A4 e1 [* D
year they send us a complete dick." |
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