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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
J- u2 W5 A' a+ V" W2 j1 l6 r' ?; s audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
2 `' [$ n: ]+ M% P7 d5 b books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* M! b# R4 v$ s
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
T$ J- Y7 E- w* i7 Z! e little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 1 Z: G' c; } }* \, A
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 X M4 l R! V4 v* V
bandages."
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6 v/ }$ {. r0 w, }% B4 n "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 0 j3 D. S- g n4 b+ w
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
" X0 y8 O8 ^' @" J "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
8 t& o2 I8 q& @. Z/ f/ R over after setting a cast on a patient?" + o4 V T b8 o
9 X: K" c9 i% N5 e1 W8 { "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
% [3 @0 j0 q2 `( H% ? M9 X" u trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
9 O5 Y, m3 j8 z9 I* c7 T& H the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 l) ~* l/ ^9 l/ N8 R: F% j
plaster." 6 B- Z' n% V6 L; \ x1 G2 i$ o6 m" o
7 ?3 k/ p; B. a1 c0 {0 H9 H "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 x/ M/ T& s- G4 u: S* Z
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ! V# S2 d7 |2 c4 s" u! i
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" % n2 }- D% v, z8 Z2 M
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
" B1 z+ v; ?& |5 p- @2 n0 I the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! J* y" D- Q, x7 M$ t U
year they send us a complete dick." |
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