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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : d- y* I) @ V3 |7 ^% R% n
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the / e4 v; l# } C
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& T' U, G4 r$ x5 A. K lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . n7 D( B7 }. B
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
( @1 N" A0 P) ]. k" g) G- l( l/ e the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
6 j1 H% C- ]* `, I, ?- a bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: c4 W& F0 v: v0 X/ R, S& E7 R question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ t$ Y7 @/ X, {" [ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
6 b' b7 u' E# i over after setting a cast on a patient?" / }0 f6 I2 y7 j2 T
1 P$ _& ], W& g) K: _ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to - f$ o' W4 h, q8 v# k/ S
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: m7 |, U5 V! l& W the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of # i% h, u; m+ R# I! `+ o# I' J$ J0 @
plaster." 8 f" E& A( T+ {9 w' l( d n& J
C( \4 _# |6 L9 m "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ; t& C1 K5 `( }8 @* V2 M
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
$ w: }6 }; y' w* y( _- P8 H; | leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 ^: l- O# E" A* P9 L7 Z1 m "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 8 z. e4 b( `+ i6 r
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
2 M: q6 T) u0 \7 t5 y2 C/ @3 R year they send us a complete dick." |
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