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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to / N3 M/ t8 V; b! }7 B
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 N/ ]+ ?# ]' @& d, z1 ?3 e. s: P i
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 `; ^ t$ M- @9 V0 G: ]( d3 ` lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too " C4 b- F5 a0 t5 S# w; U+ q
little left to be of any use?" + h# N6 h: ~5 L5 V: b B
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 u" l% O5 s1 @% `' k. ~7 V; U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , w3 q! e% x/ c6 B. P& d
bandages." 9 z; _/ b% E$ K! M$ S9 K
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 w) M6 v1 h( q0 W0 j3 a/ r" U5 K question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 h+ O# {/ ~+ g8 ]; z" ^ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
2 d% H/ i, l% l6 D$ X) F7 M$ l over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 J) w; U R8 \( Q6 w trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
1 \( ]( N9 R% f) W" Y/ E the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 C* j' U$ J% V7 Q
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster , J6 w0 R0 @' y3 I9 n1 ?
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the / P4 q7 X, K% b5 ?" G1 Y6 p5 ]5 O
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" " N5 @6 Q5 u. Q+ @- _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
+ S% _' `. o1 M the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
' [) N' S0 t) L; X year they send us a complete dick." |
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