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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
" k! p$ Z9 i9 T# q, G) A! w audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
( i2 k8 `3 }- H; Y: J books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
/ `. ^4 T4 q, ~7 G4 l lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
: k. `4 k" b1 \* |5 h6 A little left to be of any use?" # y; P; [! W8 c1 o5 x# ?# r
- e1 Y: I# d4 a2 F "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ' \0 Y4 `1 _: K+ U
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # R. e4 `3 j; A, e* V. M ^
bandages." + T: u# k4 h+ Z
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
5 J5 o1 ^; X4 G$ G' t& n question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 T9 P4 C: Z+ R( i4 u% o! Q! \# @# Y "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left - `9 p( M& f& |' C
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 2 H4 {8 I0 M$ [. r
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% ^3 e. s0 u1 u0 ^ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to # o1 i; l+ T$ { C+ y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
! ^% j1 f( c- ^9 ?* F" ~ plaster."
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( G& V N1 R% |. N "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
7 T* b! t& m9 G) B( {( U% V the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the & B Q/ T2 s6 U5 J( d. H. W
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" k- f+ v0 d1 }8 v
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all * p4 R% X' e5 J' ?6 J
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# h( f k0 a% x year they send us a complete dick." |
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