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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
9 |- |5 E9 q6 l8 z9 @: E5 b audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 5 W: Y2 B5 K1 R1 L! L
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 v( N2 L, Q: p z
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 r5 m8 ]- i8 L, X
little left to be of any use?" . z( j7 a) D& ~" d% R9 @2 m" w' g
4 y$ j1 q9 E* r "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
4 D$ Q$ F6 A! t: {# V the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
! l E0 k0 r5 H9 e' U bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 0 `9 u5 L3 e7 G) _# d3 h
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 5 w& _8 i' |! [2 l; V6 q8 R
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 3 C0 F* J7 q3 ~: x+ q& @
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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) r/ o& S6 b, d# ^2 a. u "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
6 g" k$ J: h& h0 d2 Z$ Q trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
; j" n5 J# X* }, D2 H; Y. c2 [: f the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % `2 j4 [: e0 l7 h
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 1 A3 f4 k# }4 \& \6 o5 e9 h
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the $ j X9 p2 p! X8 N$ | Z5 H
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" : T, g/ ~( y$ x; y4 R3 _$ d- a1 W
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ; n# x" S$ |+ U( S$ P- X
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
+ N1 \. |# x: C/ ?2 C year they send us a complete dick." |
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