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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to
0 v1 ^. s, u+ u* E audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the 9 V2 z, A# h# i# d9 p# P
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a* r, E' W' a, X* N5 S
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
) M) |$ |+ M: f% J1 k; {) s little left to be of any use?"
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"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to ( G% O) A7 ~% F0 K# S9 b
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
6 r+ V9 g, x) o: F9 M$ P question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. 2 a+ d2 _" b# w/ x3 d; m4 K. H3 n
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
, F; W7 R! D' @8 B" A( } over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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( t/ s5 y. Z" o# b b; }& ?$ x$ U "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
f4 o" l0 N+ L6 M K% V trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to + @2 U7 ]. |% ?/ @. [- g
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of ) ^ s8 h7 f9 H. q
plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
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leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
1 a/ G3 M( u0 Z "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 d3 k2 E5 B9 e, V, L the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
; s5 D( N6 n6 G# s" J/ c e year they send us a complete dick." |
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