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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % z3 j- o* |/ m7 [4 S: k
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
) B% V& A( ~( W books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, h8 g& t* ]9 O0 m V/ r% n4 q lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ \, A6 K- P- p7 I3 c. x* `4 D little left to be of any use?" - n) Y3 v! W- t$ O0 z u
: {7 N) o" P8 S; [2 {0 T% i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 a0 B V6 ^/ O the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 6 @" X6 z4 {8 S5 {+ ?5 _
bandages."
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( ]* s" t; P5 W4 F: ~4 j "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' ~; [ x" u: [' x0 z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
5 Y4 @8 T* }8 k "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( m- ?9 [- N4 R- L' c$ `
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 7 ^0 l5 x+ T0 g0 V
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ; V- d; @) l1 x9 q
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to J! z" k9 r) y, n5 q. u; `
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % d6 ^8 O1 C1 N M3 O+ n2 Y; i j
plaster." ; a# T3 N' d- L! S3 @% Z" w
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster % Z& X6 R" k9 i( G0 {
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
9 Y. m/ Y0 C1 t6 _- e2 t9 q3 v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" / F" {. @0 i, _
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
/ s2 k9 T+ P/ L2 K9 | the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
, I/ _! |! ?4 `/ Q. Z year they send us a complete dick." |
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