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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
& u2 b$ ?' f0 {( _) m audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
" |; F) ?7 ^4 x# p books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" N/ y4 t% M4 p5 W+ S' c
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
/ P R* ~5 |5 }) b( z% @/ S9 r little left to be of any use?"
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0 t: {' l3 a! e" `4 K, T8 ?0 ~) j "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
( V, a' g" f1 N6 B the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ( a# P" u( d) Y1 a. V I x) k
bandages."
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' [# m3 \4 l- t; u: C2 h' r6 {9 g2 B "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
: c8 ?1 W( T8 b- Y question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
/ u% t) b& M/ z6 ]) p$ K "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 T- v' s) \4 P( m; I
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
" w @4 a* B- S. v0 U! _- P v trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
: d3 e. X; D/ v7 d( U( d* Y the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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1 A7 O! F8 r1 e W: K. O "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / U$ A, Z* G$ c3 H& h; [$ o1 s
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the % h* b2 f. k) o' n
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" ; N' o" v6 y& D- N, O+ u
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
: W# G& ?2 Y @# J& |2 y) o( N/ w7 p- s the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
8 Z6 Q' b8 ]/ R( J' h5 J" _6 b year they send us a complete dick." |
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