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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
# }: p7 \) Y2 s: u9 \ audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 {; K( q* I. \" `- X# M! c books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
, X8 Q; x) c% K* M2 _* k/ Y; t# P" n lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 1 y6 d4 T* A& s Y; M
little left to be of any use?"
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5 m3 c5 g) T4 v: Y: {9 d "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
1 v- a! @! r+ K$ z/ \ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of . O& o) ]* Y9 \
bandages." " J5 f, W* d/ Q9 A6 s& }, x
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: S- x' [4 B+ y2 ] V7 D6 j question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" L$ z5 l) ]- e# w {# e2 _0 X "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 8 D: o. w! ]$ ?* M
over after setting a cast on a patient?" ( k& N- m- g' |( N! H- I3 U
) D) b/ n3 K) l. H( @ "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
9 B% S9 X0 Y: V trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
$ _% @" G3 h/ N& U the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
% q' P/ @/ G* [! X& e* @ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
2 Z7 W$ G/ w- y7 x! E& j- L leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
- @9 [) h+ B( P: q5 u$ N "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
+ A- H) { P& K* c the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 4 W% F: o9 ]; b* }1 e# [/ D' p' ]
year they send us a complete dick." |
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