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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
% |$ ~9 p9 ?% W; f$ m, t5 E! I+ p) x audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
( B1 T3 ~% g9 X2 S, O) d: s books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 ^6 r" {' L2 m. o1 r) a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ _& l& Q1 i( \& {* i0 c! s( ] little left to be of any use?"
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6 y6 i3 |% {6 Q- a# P; m "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
' n8 _% K; M) F the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 8 g; l5 ^8 D7 ^
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual . C- y+ ]$ N5 o+ A7 i
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 ^( h- Y2 K9 ~4 F% Q9 | "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 6 ~, K2 X, \$ s
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to * E6 o* C, L. ^( ]
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ ^) {1 o9 k4 b8 }; @% X/ {4 U K the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - G6 v g2 i9 C" u9 G/ Z2 N
plaster." ' z' v4 D2 Q/ S! g7 _# D
9 d( h; C: R9 B' v: E "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 4 s, a& \$ \/ @* z. d0 {3 m6 M
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
. u" s! N) o& P; u leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
+ E0 p$ e7 a! i1 m$ @ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
# K8 F' ]8 t$ @# R6 Y0 Q the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
" p2 w J' h: x! L1 q" H- H year they send us a complete dick." |
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