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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 O5 T0 H# s5 W( O5 ] audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
' h) [: E' g/ {- E books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a2 ^4 p/ f3 Y$ s3 F8 G) a" n
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too . r# a! \8 _' c$ m8 e, k9 u
little left to be of any use?"
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. T8 B) X4 g$ e; w6 ~. H, ` "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ) e0 U' x d% o
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of , A/ c2 `5 o% B# H5 e
bandages."
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7 {. z6 A: M5 w$ C# s2 J9 l% w "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
# s H+ q. @. k question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
% J: }; s9 ]( r6 i/ e; j "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 ?% b! O3 D" x2 ~: x! B
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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4 Y6 T" e6 k& Q' _6 f& q6 C "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
$ ]! R" c. W& S; a trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# f3 W K2 Z$ ~ H the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 9 c4 v+ {. @+ [$ G( Z7 N
plaster." 7 z; h9 R: m. I6 u3 ~
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 5 E/ I' R2 ^- c
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
8 W! _+ h) s8 t% Y/ v leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 0 P0 Y% _7 G: K! Y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: E' n' _7 w3 y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a , v& i$ q5 x% |0 q: m
year they send us a complete dick." |
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