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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
7 W. Y& ]7 {; u+ q audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
7 K4 W% i+ B9 W; L/ k books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a" Y2 e4 {+ n) I
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
% W2 q0 F: d& E4 z" g0 R7 F little left to be of any use?"
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- N! {* A( S- _3 z$ Y: w+ l# U "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
$ l7 L! O6 U2 X; L" j( g; v the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of # P+ Q0 s. Q! Y( R
bandages." 5 Y9 o S5 Z# B6 E
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
' B# c9 [$ N# O question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
3 S/ m+ `7 ^: ~4 D: i "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
2 U) @/ u0 z& r* d1 o' X over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to 8 [3 Z( ]( n( M
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to $ X! g; L% E4 @& _) J/ ~
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster & P3 d e; `; T ]1 b$ U- O, c
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the
7 w% y0 |9 Y: p# c; T0 `! m8 @ leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
* t3 r8 u) |$ v; @ [ "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( E: H0 R! Y6 E& {% b
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a / U0 e! C2 s; v* g/ s
year they send us a complete dick." |
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