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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
+ V3 ]- V) D" C0 _7 s audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
S' x& B1 |* Q4 S, w( F* } books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
0 j3 S. j5 N* K6 E- j lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
6 n% W7 |5 e) ~( J {) a 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
" `! T" _8 w6 R3 r) R& ? the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 4 A: A/ A: ^7 d$ A% p) Z. {2 s
bandages." & W8 S \# q4 ]9 b
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 0 q8 C9 S: H* C4 k
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 1 Q6 N6 j# } L( R% a* @$ @
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 0 C' k1 W" b) p' g' K' O
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
$ u3 J5 C$ d5 S4 e) o+ H/ o trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to & G* L/ T: l& q1 h2 i
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ' R; v% |+ |+ P- r/ h
plaster." $ C: T6 }7 G! C+ o# X
% a- H G* \" h) u "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster ' Q2 v+ }% r" I
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the + T. e2 H$ A4 V7 D9 q6 U; v% o" V5 I
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
/ n( D8 P4 X9 J$ I0 ~ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; r0 h4 E" x5 y% N) H: r6 F
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
" a# p4 @ E( [! s8 F year they send us a complete dick." |
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