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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % ~7 N. Q! ]2 q# w
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ! ^7 C. L4 ^, R% I, g* O4 x
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
- Y* w4 i" ^# B, p lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 8 V- A- t7 N5 G* Z
little left to be of any use?" 9 ` {: R, S4 t
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 J P& |/ T" a# L6 _ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
+ C' ]$ F" F4 S6 Q) y' w bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
+ S- L! G6 q6 H D: R( n% p* a- t0 H9 W# Y; y question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
% \4 T+ ~: J+ |0 @6 b "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
, @2 X/ K2 L) { O5 A over after setting a cast on a patient?" 3 N4 ? z/ V1 `7 Q
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 1 g* ]: }+ r$ H
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to , s/ Z! A1 i* ~* n- |. k
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of : P8 f' i' G5 T7 p
plaster." ; a- [. |3 o+ h; V
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ) w- ]8 ?9 G' {8 N; m
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the . ]: l, I$ d3 h& h# @5 @7 e
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
" C) b' v+ O2 g0 j. p "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
. N3 n8 }, K3 s2 f4 j$ `4 u the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# d H' Y G5 f2 f5 Q. K8 i year they send us a complete dick." |
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