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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ! B7 K0 ^0 P) f" O n! L4 A
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the , M9 O( v' Z5 |& `% m" s
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
6 z4 o$ g4 y4 A( ] lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; [2 v/ ?) }' ?0 n little left to be of any use?" , q3 Y( s; q# g0 C0 ]7 t3 E# E
; Y+ c% P) G7 ]7 X* P/ m( i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
: R! w9 S; l6 c% ?, ~: W the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
9 \( d) i9 B3 l& U bandages."
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9 a4 d( z6 O, ?1 V0 j "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 a- Z1 g5 O9 [
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
9 ~8 P! G) h$ ^" [$ y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
% F- k; X; ~2 a over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
& _3 G% [/ }( w6 B. V D# ~ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
4 G/ B& O! ?2 x/ h the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
5 N G" H* D3 M7 j! r1 O! d, | plaster." 5 C; s# [- a( s; i8 L. L' b- t
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % ]: x4 Q5 S. D
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
- |. g# g. P9 p) w leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" & g. h3 ^* w' k! B9 ?
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: |, B& v9 D: H: @8 @! E! b the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
) F3 E: O9 X) @2 x$ Q3 X9 c0 ~ year they send us a complete dick." |
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