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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
* J% N+ S" g, Y4 [1 K- \ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 L$ D5 |4 a( y# [4 I# T books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, A; p( Q9 z4 s! t lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ i; I L- i. a8 @ 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
+ d' s2 ?% E6 k% | the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
& Z. j( k) x) K7 b) G question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. " A. U" e% w" P& q8 F6 v2 L& V
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 1 E- I9 O; t7 [- P* U8 [
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ! G; ]+ k, m& `% u8 Q. s5 D p
+ }* z1 |! n' ] "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , ?/ l6 P9 M' i3 j5 a
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
! `4 H9 q3 v6 }" p! g the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ( _: m S1 E o+ m% a4 v
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
( `+ l' Z4 V" }! L# {# b+ L) Z the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 e+ \- m- V2 @5 s( p- F4 A leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 t. Q( y( @6 a4 ]" u ~
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ Q! H0 _ |5 o2 p- J the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 1 S, j' T! T; m) g5 Q" U: P/ L
year they send us a complete dick." |
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