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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 v3 }* ^! n3 j4 C& q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ' G: @6 z- ^) X$ W1 v
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 s6 W5 I2 _- O1 `' p8 z lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" K( U8 J, f% n# _ little left to be of any use?"
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3 j- h* J/ c M5 q8 z+ w9 v "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to + O: ?6 z/ Y: q0 |) z5 E/ m
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
1 k+ M5 {7 R( s( k bandages." * i. \5 a1 N. ^$ |3 H
( b" }7 k: J9 u% n ` "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
7 }+ i; h& Z C5 M) z question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # C) I# z8 C, n# P5 M: E1 h
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
4 y$ V7 s& Y' p* b0 l6 i* Q over after setting a cast on a patient?" / z6 l6 z m( f9 d
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
" z+ q) q) c* D7 C9 G, R9 Y1 E# v trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
! U% W) b4 y6 t! `4 D5 {4 c0 Y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 Z1 t' P5 n! b! J3 A# g
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
* o J2 Y0 ^/ j% _1 o. _ the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 8 v" {! w! j8 b) j
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 6 @1 ?- `! a8 j0 K' [
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
% a5 R/ @; w) u8 x) G0 ~% y: v+ `, ~: ` the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . f1 w3 p4 ~# I- q* [: Q2 |5 ~
year they send us a complete dick." |
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