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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 8 Q) }2 e1 n% N7 v6 O
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
; s. {# A2 J% D! {# W; Y9 |. k& o- q books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a, K' @8 S6 b7 K+ p- D2 o
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
0 F6 i" v% b; {+ l0 E, M little left to be of any use?"
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% X- m( b& n3 Z% ^0 e! [: c "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 k$ O$ }; m5 o, N! d& M ` the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of * M. I! c" }) Y! n4 _
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 0 y7 \8 G2 j0 ~1 U1 \
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ; n7 R2 z P( W) Y) Q1 H
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 b5 Y+ W. c, L3 F7 I+ [8 g6 T
over after setting a cast on a patient?" . W, M; a5 }+ H* ]
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
( s( U) m1 Q) c5 g u( l& h4 X trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ) r% G9 M5 K# j x" n" y
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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$ y# x) X! J1 x2 p "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster + b. T' O9 I8 e
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the # [; T( V5 D9 `/ d- C
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 2 J8 ?) ~( s% e- \
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all # s! H0 n$ t. t( X
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
3 t' w, h- v2 H+ K" ~( f year they send us a complete dick." |
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