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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to . A% G- w% x* ^# n! I
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
. N% ~; J. w. ~( N; o$ n$ K% | books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a% @0 r2 A7 b5 j7 H7 _. P' v
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
& D" V. o# ~; J4 z9 a) j( `( r, l little left to be of any use?" ! k' I! M3 A- F- o1 |; e( ~
! R; {. u7 W& g( P( {/ s9 Y5 o "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
7 D' R- }4 ?4 @ g% i9 U the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
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"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 7 `$ n' d: u5 A C( A
over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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j/ E0 f3 \, @( d5 X "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
- G& C( b/ o( K: d4 m6 Q$ O trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
4 H2 ?( u# J" E" P+ K the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 7 ?% ~, U \% U8 w+ S5 [
plaster." # \; _# X( j _) Y# U
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
! W$ B) Z. t: B the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
" J; S$ I) j) b' F4 f I0 \ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
1 M3 j6 `; [8 @. P' C "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all $ @! {- Q% X; o' U1 i$ [% y. F9 n A
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a : y! z u0 f' J$ S/ ]
year they send us a complete dick." |
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