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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
1 Z( y/ k. n* E$ a9 r3 j( B2 J/ g audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
6 Q+ K6 L0 \3 g0 H1 y books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a$ c/ _5 z: v) j" V) c: z. h
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 6 Q5 w- O2 D. E: K( Q
little left to be of any use?"
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6 p3 L4 o$ V# f% Y/ f1 f- r "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
# s# D0 D; j; M5 R* f& s* ` the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' w: P+ Q9 T1 g
bandages." 9 @- z8 k) v, w- ]
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 6 s7 V: o! k9 V
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. . z( Y8 N* n% M3 B: o
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
5 M0 `0 s$ p6 O( ]0 J$ {0 H trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
+ M8 h4 \; x' B9 J( s0 o the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of " x5 E, A- G2 I: ^7 y
plaster."
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4 b, D+ ^% V' X* M3 \9 T: E( L "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
) V( E* E" K# S the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 0 S8 ~. v' Z# W- f
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 8 S7 E1 H% _' @4 m3 K/ k
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 7 O; J2 m' O3 _$ ~5 u
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
Y1 J9 {7 @/ }* }+ N% v year they send us a complete dick." |
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