Number Crunching Hero Prints

"Thanks for saving our business again accountancy man."

"Actual results indicate that the statistical analysis of the data which projections were based on may have been wrong."

'In hindsight, we should have spent more on marketing than entertainment.'

'You reached the Nervous Investor Fund's Hotline. The per share value is now 19.05, now 18.91, now...'

'This graph may need some explaining...'

Re-Tooling Costs - "Could you be a little more precise than umpteen million?"

"Remember that optimistic, slightly crazy, throw a dart at the wall forecast? We beat it."

"Seriously, do you expect us to believe you put on 143 feet a day in business travel?"

Sister to brother: 'It's kind of like alphabet soup, only for numbers crunchers.'

I've checked - it goes down to the basement.

Snowflake Investments...penny stocks, junk bonds: 'Here today, gone tomorrow!'

City Redundancies - In? Out?

'Now think, Harris, what did you do different on that day?'

'Ooops! My mistake. That was the yearly budget estimate, no the monthly estimate.'

'Don't worry! Since 28% of my salary goes to the government, I've decided to work 72% of the time!'

The good news is that I've got all the figures...the BAD news is that I'm not sure what order to put them in!

'Damn! McGee's good!'

"I can count to 20...Without taking off my shoes."

"This'll show the Theology Department."

"And these projections are based solidly on hope, crossed fingers, and fear."

'We're in good shape. Nobody understands our financial statement.'

'Is that why our games of hide and seek are over so quickly?'

I've managed to get your tax bill down to zero, this year ... however, my bill is $10 million.

Pork Bellies.

'Honey, the long-run is here!'

"We can't just pluck figures out of the air any more. . . We use a bucket."

"I wonder if management will believe my project?"

Tax Cuts Water the Economy.

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

'I'm here about the tax credits for business equipment which you listed in your return as 'Betty', 'Mabel', 'Liz'...'

What comes after a trillion

Statistics department with 'You are here (sampling error +/- 4%)'.

'Money, money, money, that's the only three things you ever think about.'

"He put the 'fun' in funding."

'Sir, what's this big once in a lifetime nonnegotiable deduction?'