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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 _! T' M6 A6 m6 O3 Q& ~) n audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
1 x) M p% C* \, v* c7 s books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" Z6 j0 u7 L% ?" k/ k ~
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too & A4 q) j9 J$ ]7 [1 X4 i
little left to be of any use?" 1 I( q: h) W0 }1 Q; J6 i0 J
. g3 r# M1 Y5 }% v/ m3 [ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
! L' w, `3 |8 x# T; O% z# f the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 0 }8 o# c0 @) d/ @ ~% Q- T1 r
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
1 E- j% G3 U% o# I2 Z4 n- Y question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
( r1 u5 ], Q6 {# d- ^ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 A, X$ {, w% l2 L5 ]2 U over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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. |! o a: E' f7 h0 C: a( @( D8 U "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- g$ ?4 G' Z+ C, { trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ s! J; q' \5 p
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 8 I9 s# R8 o+ u( y! H! j! Q4 e
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
3 U; J4 f0 |# c1 i* N: R# Z" x8 G the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
& {+ F6 d) l* U7 F( ]/ M0 n7 x# D leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 1 L, p& x% Y3 k+ H
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all % d: [8 [ K5 _! g3 X
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
! q7 ]8 T% }" ?' e7 _ year they send us a complete dick." |
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