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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
0 X& Q, V* D) f2 a! q6 O2 @( O audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ; V2 v) s5 L Y6 i. q
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 [/ T. Z8 ~' m3 u* L' B% `
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
; K5 U) i+ t+ T1 c- Y/ R& h% h little left to be of any use?" 7 |+ C$ r% C* m) U
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to & l+ I: j# V( O/ U2 B. N
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of . M ?$ J3 _# J
bandages." 6 I, m ~ Y: X' R
: F# m! d. o: A2 p% y ^7 d "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
/ ? u# l0 o, K! R/ @3 ?' ^ question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
( n3 r9 ~9 @# I. j9 s "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left x y' ~) r! T2 e$ L: N4 Y
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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0 J1 t' q5 c. v" f: F6 w "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
: a; Q8 m' b% l+ I3 ]* j trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
5 f3 ^$ j" u( t$ b+ H. J: |: \ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of - |) z( S( X+ f9 f/ k; t
plaster." 8 @1 {* B* D* ^( V
; f) L! d6 {) q- F "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
. j5 X9 _, P B1 ]. U& R& o the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 t+ A0 D% h2 F( y4 H; V# U% |. @2 h leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
' ]! S% a6 ~7 B "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
0 X- \& T& w6 R5 M [& {9 L the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
# z0 B3 H" x" M; n0 g year they send us a complete dick." |
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