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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 9 K: S* b5 E) _8 D( s) x
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the R2 U& G8 e* l
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a; e) X# |9 l1 [
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too 3 @8 W, I' S: {
little left to be of any use?"
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% |* {7 g. p( B" T6 B: d5 ` "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to $ y( F& R' R, f9 b: p
the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of 4 W9 A8 s' Z: @, j
bandages." 5 _* i* [, f0 \4 l5 N1 ], R
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual
/ G- K% f$ [3 M4 h$ T question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
& ?; t# C& W- o% [4 J! z "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left 1 U! _6 S: n) G4 ]
over after setting a cast on a patient?" 6 u- |! c) C( K3 Z1 \! ]% U" {) w
& i$ {8 B, u& t0 K$ r1 n4 ? "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to + |4 K3 o: `% t" k. R& p
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
2 `( x& J: A; q- B( G- S the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
. n' e5 ~2 |" c, w) g6 G* H* g plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster 6 ]" ]: D$ H3 g9 B2 B
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 8 s5 u# O5 u x. U1 s" P
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
4 |& t {5 q1 l: @6 ` "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all ( b3 R+ I7 e; {
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a ^# Q+ f9 {9 l; h- [; C" M
year they send us a complete dick." |
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