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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# y- S$ M7 ~0 g( e. }! R, s audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
/ S1 b% ]2 s8 |) J% a. p6 s books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a. H; P& P) v: p- P5 P
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too + P% X6 |( Q: h" C C3 B
little left to be of any use?" $ o3 b( J" l- M) x
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
% f3 A% i! L4 W8 {4 N( z the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of H3 V5 p4 Y% j6 h) C
bandages."
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! X' J6 x, H) p# V$ U* h "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 q2 K- F! x$ ~- R' c% G2 f2 e
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" L. R T/ Q4 _- l: g& n "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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: K6 H- Y6 T$ o6 ? ^& g* A "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 9 y) M0 O' h- `3 P ~
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to , m5 M" O# m P; i7 P% a3 k
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
A' f# j: F0 f8 j. y6 t& j plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: L R/ {& [# S! g j3 D# m, I C the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
) Q; |; _9 _6 h, I3 w leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % f- N6 p8 x- a: G
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
* R% x; L! X- Y6 ] the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. m: N0 J* M2 K' o( Y% d year they send us a complete dick." |
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