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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
( I% `0 R2 T+ i2 [7 {1 a8 b audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 Y ^7 j9 z3 w6 e5 ^8 K books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a/ C5 k/ X% M1 U) f7 a `
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
, N5 ]' l+ }- n- H little left to be of any use?"
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. P# t2 C9 a& f" w "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
9 r. O& K5 N' S) Q0 w+ N- u( R( ? the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 g6 T& D3 G# J: } bandages." 1 p" y0 F/ ~! B; b
* S5 a! t* j$ [& X# M% | "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
3 K7 t: l$ Z! ~; |/ A$ k5 J# N question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 8 B* U; G% x* \- x0 y& b
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left # U) O) d8 D+ O# ^/ z" X$ G
over after setting a cast on a patient?" " y; p0 L& P8 J1 K0 C
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 ]0 r6 L9 [; l; k
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
j2 P) X' x$ A* r9 Q1 ] the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % r3 }9 V) U2 E5 P
plaster." & U$ I& ^& ]+ j* w% K/ n' n) S
- S7 [# Y/ n' H- x7 j9 V "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
- q: e, h0 m9 b# R the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # j8 n0 k5 i' a! S! t6 u4 e
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" , n1 D8 @% K- p8 R7 y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 1 K1 h) d* {5 E: s# r4 {
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 B# E7 W; I1 D, l6 ^( C year they send us a complete dick." |
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