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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ; n t( l# w+ j2 _) z: A9 Q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 L& f: e0 ~9 Z8 Y
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ e/ ^* x6 H R/ e5 F* e/ T( u
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too # u' ] }; ~8 w( p
little left to be of any use?" : F6 |/ a' t \1 O l
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to $ M* ?' ~$ c( w o
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 7 @- E+ B& A5 @. }
bandages." / ~9 g) ?# b& x; p6 Z$ t! |
$ C) f0 H4 |4 Y1 F) } K "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ; J" [4 i/ G8 B) Q% d2 w8 d7 x# F
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
4 ?+ x, X/ D( |. J; H "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 j4 e' j. l* t, p @
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( o/ H8 @' z7 H& I. S+ e/ [) d, u$ |6 X
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 2 v" x7 p& W" V4 W: v/ R: q
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & ^6 u+ A1 v( g7 c* d# H2 f/ Y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 P) U* h% j& C2 c) x plaster." ; J% m" v: m+ t0 ~% a$ @- @! A
' l ]' {& N7 u* I. ?; e6 W4 S "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 0 Y9 P- o0 |1 |2 ?' z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
; Q+ L3 V7 T8 V; v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 k$ `% v' W( w" t5 P! o" J
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all & @% v4 F9 D' d$ P
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 2 V' c! m: K; I2 |( p+ i
year they send us a complete dick." |
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