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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to % ^* f& \& K: ]$ S4 u
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 i- \$ h( s1 Z2 K" I4 x2 _3 [1 L! p books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 m. V1 e( ~8 x( L+ O lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 U$ g7 G# D# f' Z. @+ E
little left to be of any use?" * m- e8 \# Z- S; u% B* q
+ ~+ {' u& Z9 C- i "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to " C/ d3 n+ K! L8 H) g' r
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
! O2 d, [ r: m: z+ z bandages." 6 I6 N! a' Z: y2 Q6 Q. F
+ q3 n5 M' X3 ]0 [- v "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 0 W: {" ~) Y; k2 d4 @
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; P# X+ x9 k# I- y3 ^
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
. H, ]( x5 i" j) x3 c over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to , q( K" Q+ v. B) r; g
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 6 n6 J1 \$ z3 n X
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 4 f# @6 G( U, |) I
plaster." * D2 S- y& X# B0 l2 O. H
" O$ k0 V1 z+ @( b" k "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + r% m; e' D9 c4 o& c
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 1 k" _- D5 ^+ H3 ^: \) L: {
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
# X7 G/ L2 u/ b2 r; i+ p+ M y "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all * y, K" x4 e' S' Y" x5 ~1 q
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
( M- h3 U% D2 E3 M. F% w) k& a year they send us a complete dick." |
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