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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to + N2 n1 u5 J9 B# h
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
0 w7 j) K& h- {% L books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
6 e5 I$ e; [1 X- W( B+ u d lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ M; f* n. h) i5 D9 {# }9 W& e little left to be of any use?"
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# M \2 F6 h2 A) Z; [" w" c0 n "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 _, b* w' g9 K2 w7 ~6 |% I the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 8 L( h$ q& v H+ j* W0 j+ b
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ( Z. Q4 P! e6 e3 ?6 Z1 {) b
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 G0 V E9 I0 L& Q "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
7 m3 e( q: t3 k$ V$ c; R' ?; ^5 h over after setting a cast on a patient?" : m# t- T1 w" V+ B0 X
" N" T2 F% {2 h% ?' } "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- c* j/ y; h! C" S4 w trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to - {6 y# z4 s: x& h' p$ R& N5 X
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
3 R/ V- l8 v' X5 i plaster." + ], d6 ]& ~/ r! x* F: L7 Y
, @1 k4 F- q" Q. r% l "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
6 G) ~' A2 b5 U the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
- t1 ], f+ P6 H4 m+ ` leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 E, p0 m5 `- e
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
c/ ~" \: d% y% l the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
* S) ~8 t2 b2 B7 |- y O year they send us a complete dick." |
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