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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to ! z" F; m" @! M/ }3 C9 r
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 8 o, V# u" s) `+ j) Y/ V
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
6 B4 k1 V, g8 S7 N4 d) J lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
' G% Y8 T5 }1 t' N( [1 v little left to be of any use?" : ]* p5 L( U- d" k0 U( U
, o- n& O0 o6 v' F$ b8 ?$ q: `' Z7 m "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to / C3 X0 X$ a' s, P* K2 j7 h
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
6 } `3 f2 x0 L$ ?: W bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
, ~: ~8 V l6 B2 T! L question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. ) {) b. J3 c) R$ L! _5 D
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
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: a1 L- {4 {2 T$ i "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 z+ u* W! }& w* q$ p+ W; z/ e trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
) u3 u+ V6 ?2 e' }2 O! b: A the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % f! L' ~2 g2 B" `% g) Z# }% b
plaster." 2 H; p X2 k& \, ]7 e6 U
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
: P4 f) D! F6 J; J" P: v% Q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
+ w- G. Y2 Z+ y+ P5 @) C0 P: ] leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
8 j8 ]4 f$ r4 { "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 6 c! q! P. E, L. u: E$ v- L2 D
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a 5 o7 j) o/ e2 y4 w* H, `) T' K$ M
year they send us a complete dick." |
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