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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : L( b+ k, F& o `# F6 y7 C f
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
, r1 i0 K0 Q, N9 l8 ]5 B2 j books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
& v- t8 x/ }9 ?5 Y lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too $ `; B8 y+ X$ B2 P
little left to be of any use?" 3 h5 }) N6 F# O* m4 b( p. N8 o$ B
" d1 U0 g* ^# B4 c+ s# r "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
6 w1 |( e# k1 O! ~8 O" ` the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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% ]& `5 T ~, R+ f9 i6 B "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
; L, m! F2 b, |" } question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 3 q h5 o5 z' E& f+ ~9 n2 x
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ! n* ^# G8 a: D- m7 `" y
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ' r) T( M5 Q) h+ G' K7 N U
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to / T# P( `. d7 ^2 a0 Y
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) F/ v9 r( O$ j# U6 K7 C
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 1 X4 ?! m# m4 I5 O
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % _$ Y' C ]- t+ E! Z& g8 U, y
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the " [1 o; Y, E6 X4 n! s/ K. `3 q
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" , o0 u" f8 r3 U( x/ ]1 ]
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
7 A7 K! C8 [+ R% M9 f$ Y. H the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ; f- i" m+ Z$ b' H' b
year they send us a complete dick." |
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