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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 4 }$ t/ N. O1 T5 p. c* W4 [
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the % H3 \ l4 Q+ {$ D6 w, `4 e- n
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a: V7 x; z* h" c' @
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
# q$ b( H: X8 a/ S9 A little left to be of any use?" 6 S. B- n# Z6 x# t" {
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
9 U% t: z t* g0 U8 {0 t: v [ the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 2 {) V$ b) i0 W( @2 B, G' X% C
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual + O3 t! a" _1 m6 q& V& |6 p' }
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. # p' ?$ q2 F0 ~9 U1 r* M9 ~
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
" U" v; T+ a! _7 E% x1 g over after setting a cast on a patient?" $ s/ H6 ]: V5 T0 \# q( J' v, |5 ^
, M$ m5 d. T. n( Y" p4 O { "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 0 `& Z; }, ^1 [# c, z5 Z- d
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
/ X; g$ H3 m$ \' ]; c& l1 O; @ the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
' \/ [# R) p! c! L! I# e' r plaster." 4 C- `% T: w& l
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / ?1 E$ n& F: I
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 9 m, P1 l9 }' t. N: J
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
+ ^5 N$ X5 o# @7 Y0 d "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all * _8 d/ J T) H' h
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ! H1 x# _) t1 r9 D1 m9 w: H2 ]
year they send us a complete dick." |
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