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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
/ M( e# K9 S( t3 Q9 t( k4 U audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
- C1 I6 C% G- {! Q1 v books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
9 z* ~' f8 |/ }0 H lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
! T: f5 b/ n: R. r9 M7 O+ B little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 D( Z& w' Y6 ] the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of % N; H) y9 i- r
bandages."
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/ L. A U1 H" F) C8 f "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual + A( u/ Q I9 I# y
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. F! J7 [6 t' m* t: h) `/ |
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ( A+ ?, P# g( N* H$ _
over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ u( C/ B+ K* F( h3 V
& h9 w8 b% b$ e# z8 l" N# ` "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
@$ K4 i! a$ k/ s# i9 r3 `& G trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
" B q# \3 r) r. Y. ~- N the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 4 z+ R0 Q' Q% p3 ~/ F" T
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster * I0 a! d$ F. a7 D: Z- [' h6 X
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the . v6 y* }7 j+ e
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ( w6 z* U& ]8 c H3 o: W
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all - P. g; z! |. @. J6 F$ H, k
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. `& F: j$ V& T0 P% C6 Z6 M# ^ year they send us a complete dick." |
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