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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
8 E' }. I+ x$ v audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the ( a. Y, H0 L1 q/ W; {5 r
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
! N5 f) Y% I: S1 ?& }, n! }5 y lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
" w$ U3 S6 u; }7 U# @- E5 G/ g little left to be of any use?" 9 T, V4 N6 |8 _
& [/ G" m& w) F$ O; C; M5 U* e( ~8 J7 ~ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
8 ^7 Z* Q' k |! Z* i- l the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' ?5 n1 }0 [3 }" m( l
bandages." " z! \, n& ^* A' W1 W! j! D( A
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual 5 O9 i- r: `0 p1 r- d' f |
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
7 G+ g# g0 R9 [: d" X! }# h: o "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left % K5 T, x6 S4 `0 N
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 6 l& B2 X$ w+ _! _
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
% s6 E* Z ], ?7 u3 J* {% [7 M the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of % N- L; N8 ^2 X0 m* C$ c7 p
plaster." % S- s! ^1 ^5 K/ k" n
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
+ o' L/ N8 o8 B" m: O6 i the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
3 F2 e* W, L" }* x; G2 B leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
# D/ y1 f- _) e4 F "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
4 w) ?, R4 e, N! H" [: p the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
7 m2 d2 Q5 A- w1 U$ c year they send us a complete dick." |
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