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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
& G I! B4 y9 b8 f8 i- C audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
3 d, N1 m. H7 i& b/ ?% J ^$ Q books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
+ X3 O' ^3 E, c: n lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
$ n7 _# a# H: y, r6 | ] little left to be of any use?" ' ^3 a# f: `* h0 n
4 T6 o, M( x) k2 f! L4 T: Q6 G* q "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to 8 T$ F v5 _9 \8 C9 z0 L. r
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
& o+ ^5 O! t( {5 N. G( i bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual % g# B$ U) Y9 @/ o9 g
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ {; V4 J* M& K7 F "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
$ }2 l- E5 n# l. E& |( c" z over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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0 K- ?7 x- y/ o3 K/ u "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 D5 o5 r0 W4 r( T7 N! f7 | trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to ( ]7 [0 c* d5 k- I1 U
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of * l$ y% D7 _4 T9 S" W) O
plaster."
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2 I7 J6 r/ G: E0 v6 u) V" m1 T "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
4 B& L+ W8 z8 c' q the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the " T$ O$ ?: t/ N
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 v1 e7 e3 a( C3 y( g7 m
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 7 C2 c) c4 f" A0 ^, ]+ U6 x
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ J/ n$ M- u+ h! u0 a year they send us a complete dick." |
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