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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to : g- y2 f8 x: M
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the - l5 o; z2 i7 ~# J
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a4 A. X: |4 a+ Y/ a) _6 Z1 a- _
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( d6 B" z, U x6 |7 l4 d little left to be of any use?" " |) e4 F) }5 m$ ?# Y
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
; v0 {, H3 r( T: I( L the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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0 w+ K9 |1 h9 k; \: c "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual ) N9 H- w6 Y* R) B
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" V& f f- r) k% s& z. g, A9 Y8 h "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 I& H* a9 l, G over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to ' B7 X9 Y" y2 c/ v' S6 G% o
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + Z! ~* B) B s# n
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of & |% U' z& P; ?% O b' l
plaster." " Z8 ]. c6 h7 d# Z+ x
' [! J$ I4 O7 D) f "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
# ^ ?, e+ _3 M. Q. A the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # h/ e) _$ Z& K
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
- X/ M5 a2 V/ C "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all + M) Y6 z: U+ H0 @/ U6 Y
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a |2 U9 k, |" S% y! L8 b" t
year they send us a complete dick." |
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