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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
& b {0 i) n# s4 k0 b! n) B: k, I audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
) S5 L* P; x5 i* s8 E% T0 B. ^6 } books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
7 V4 O) P* m/ M# S5 E+ i' Z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" r# t3 ?: s" U* U3 y little left to be of any use?"
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5 n5 y" g6 V: r ]- p5 T "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
g e1 ^/ c' B2 b- [. z0 W% U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
% K# b$ b6 [7 z7 \ bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual # k4 t+ @$ m% _7 S5 k. E
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 8 d( e3 a& z: V. H
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% A1 M( ?1 L2 l9 U D over after setting a cast on a patient?" ) ?! S: F5 t; k5 T+ Z: w
/ j$ O) V9 D" I7 [# g' _0 b, p: t "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
2 L- \" \9 b5 d trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
I8 G% N6 S2 i; | the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
# F$ r4 i1 Q5 @ plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 j( j, ]: o& Q- Y( f
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
0 h; g I3 A9 ^; \ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
5 |2 e* a$ N3 e "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
* e f5 b2 V! t& Y* v* j5 r# E( C the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . z. Z2 c" t4 N) r$ R
year they send us a complete dick." |
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