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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
) p5 w, X Z0 r8 H audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' K6 P+ R' p- q) w0 s
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a! D& i7 j1 n& F8 @( l: ~* I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too / i9 _, R0 z1 S; |% F
little left to be of any use?" : E* F' |) [% k& K9 l j/ v
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
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bandages." , s7 ^# p: R6 S. a, n6 K
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
9 A+ k+ a) U2 u! N& ~9 p0 s question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" d( ~$ t+ W7 c4 R "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% X, |# A% A' E; w over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 T2 E! M' F1 n1 |8 o
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 6 _1 ?8 C W) g6 F
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ! m- x; r- r! x# f" [- R
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of " g& j5 f* n) U }" b
plaster."
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% i, N/ d* v9 E* j( j( A0 ^; N' p7 @ "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
/ H3 ? J9 {* O' \: P the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
4 w$ C! w8 g# M0 x# s leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 7 P4 }+ k3 |) \
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
5 _( f l: I9 g1 C/ e the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 8 S6 ~4 S0 |( X8 [, M5 Y
year they send us a complete dick." |
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