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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# K* \( \; s+ \; z# P9 G: M audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
, @- ?5 G7 e" h; g5 { books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
6 A1 C$ n2 W V! q8 V lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
5 v j1 K, w& J! `& P1 c2 N little left to be of any use?" n) h4 T$ A/ U% t4 w5 c9 O d
) x+ V# o) d7 ]) }/ R/ Z* p "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& O v _& X8 {$ W& ~0 p the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 3 P0 E% y% w! h$ v S$ K" a5 d3 [
bandages."
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2 f. I. h0 t x9 }; \. w O "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
8 ]0 P# _" H! ]5 X( C2 l& Z- M question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 I8 w& u6 @# W- h# N0 C+ U, c "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
+ W* n- v4 c& ?9 P1 m. ?1 v9 k over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
. j) I }# v& `* r trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
1 p/ p% b) x. ~1 A$ U the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of , r. L5 @/ w$ G+ b5 _
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 9 p* y( l4 U. V2 [5 G' B
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" C9 {, R' z4 i/ p- u" i( O leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" + i, a* Q5 ?( Y+ f1 G: k- N
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 B7 {; Y- ^0 V' r8 O- C the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! M! L2 Z1 k0 X- [1 B1 V
year they send us a complete dick." |
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