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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 2 G1 X! J3 k* O7 q
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the * }! r; J! {& ^% w: J+ R
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
. T9 y2 p! Y/ R0 t2 q lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( @1 K9 E6 ~% N9 y3 P little left to be of any use?" , ~- e* v$ Z2 s% L( [. R* G
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to * O/ H+ r$ u0 d5 r8 B
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of ' w- W$ J, h7 k# q8 B; V7 G) v
bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
% @2 ?) t& I6 H question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
% h$ K3 H! f" u+ R3 W- ]0 g& ?$ i "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
& G, W4 l8 m3 o2 W over after setting a cast on a patient?" 2 C3 ^8 \- U# l( P
) k2 s# }+ R: e4 Q8 G "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
; v1 f* D8 o4 x3 w: ~ trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + p. Y% s& t; @7 Z; F5 h9 i) I7 O
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 [% B# e- t) V7 f
plaster."
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3 A& y/ z1 Q" e# Q8 P- I+ U0 q2 K "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 1 o3 e% x1 ^6 T2 H1 |; O. S
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 2 C6 l# q& s. H, r# C! \" K
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" 5 e! E. s4 b4 r% J7 w0 X, e/ l8 |
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
! A0 Y7 j/ [1 ~( D; Z the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
. V- Z9 M" W. v$ Q3 F1 _ year they send us a complete dick." |
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