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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
2 b* G3 R' F% P3 d* y& ]% c audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
5 T# c$ l( r6 a% M, k- p; y: z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
1 Z' }0 u5 z& U. {7 e9 ?( H- ~ lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
* \. ?5 \; [7 ~- R) ]* V8 k7 H6 x2 y little left to be of any use?" & v5 {- @9 g, ~6 K" x
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
* m$ D0 s f4 y3 _' i; L6 R* d the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of w t3 u. r# Q. D+ L
bandages." ' D" I; I- y: A# Z" g8 R/ W( z
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 9 V$ e- B/ V1 \5 P/ S8 P
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
, k9 Y: n2 _4 f; j' @0 L8 N2 ]& a "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left , O0 V$ k/ i- d7 D1 u; l
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , L/ B; A5 v4 ?' S! S
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to & Q' ]. E% u* a1 x# b1 i3 l7 z- f
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to 8 B: s3 A. |( _" j+ i
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
4 r, V; t' A# B" q6 f* Z- G plaster." ; h) u2 V7 B- |. a* C8 ~
8 y2 C, ^6 X3 L( v& C3 N "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / ^" T/ O' \! h$ W* g
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the , w1 `0 o% _$ A* H9 g
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" $ ]+ H" |% ]) t4 x; Y
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
* X; }+ |8 a7 N7 _ the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a . U4 q% R! M) G4 K
year they send us a complete dick." |
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