Nostalgic Number-lovers Gifts

A man holding balloons shaped like '41'

The Life of Pi

'In my time, we didn't talk to a blackberry. We just ate the damn things!'

Scientist counting microscopic things he can see in his microscope

'Lover's lance isn't the same as it used to be!'

In utero...boy, THOSE were the days!

"Next time be more careful where you put the decimal point!"

"Six out of ten statisticians prefer to be in the majority."

'Red rover, red rover, send Billy right over!'

Us. Everyone else. My research shows that we are the only statistics company sill using pie charts displayed on an easel.

'According to our fact finding committee, our stock won't be worth a dime this quarter.'

Staff Yearbook

Bingo! Credit card number!! The real reason raccoons like garbage.

Math Teacher

But under a different accounting convention ...

Remember, honey, abracadabra doesn't work anymore. Now it's command, option, shift.

1. 0. 5. 6. He'd be nothing without her. (Published originally on June 11, 2008.)

Warning: Math Ahead!

'But if you need someone for the intangibles...'

2 + 2 = 4. 2 x 2 = 4. Oh, I get it! It's a Zen thing!

"Grandma's TV is so old it wasn't made in a foreign country."

Boss. The boss treats me like a number, and not a prime one.

Reign Man

"I think my parents are pretty old. They remember a time before 'clumping' cat litter."

'They're not out of focus. They're just fuzzy memories.'

Pork Bellies.

"People mistakenly think that we accountants are all boring number crunchers, but the latest figures show that 54% of the 23% of people who responded to a survey were 45% in favour of us being 12% more interesting than average!"

'But, Mom -- you're always telling everyone to do the math.'

"What was the point of writing a blog that nobody else could read?"

"The accounting change that contributed most to the quarter was adding three zeros to the revenue number."

"I wonder if management will believe my project?"

"and when they woke up, the kids discovered that the house had just one 19", black & white TV that only got... 3 channels."

WHOA! Another 6! Erm...what's that mean?

'Like us, the Hula Hoop will never go out of style.'

'This red line indicates the change in this red line over a period of time,'