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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to 3 U( X p2 R. F
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the
9 L6 Y/ z4 |, Z books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a
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little left to be of any use?" 5 N4 S9 S' u: Q* Q+ H" F
' N9 g2 E# Z. m s" ~ "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to # C$ R; n6 D. j1 J2 z! l8 |; I
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
) u' l; C0 C/ u, F- e7 Y question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
) \! m$ O" `7 Y7 ^ "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left
9 q/ [" a' \2 O9 q0 t over after setting a cast on a patient?"
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to $ Q) X* |1 m" D' Y6 T3 H0 J. o
trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to
# ~9 s. @) [ z. s the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of 2 T1 p1 ~$ T& O8 c
plaster." 2 o3 F4 a' J$ Q& {0 A
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster / j# N0 t5 l! A g
the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the ; ~: |+ _/ A- F5 ~ I5 x0 z
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
( L, a* B4 Y. ~4 N) M; r "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all
6 |6 R, ~. s6 E5 y the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a $ G* E8 `) d; E
year they send us a complete dick." |
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