Numbers Game Player Gifts

"I just don't see how an index fund tied to batting averages in the National League actually works."

"Here are the new sales figures, which way up would you like them?"

'Maths is fun!'

'There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. We're looking for someone who can make all three of these work for us.'

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

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

Staff Yearbook

But under a different accounting convention ...

Wealth Juggler.

"When you're nailing the numbers, they don't ask questions."

"We fell for this last time remember..."

Warning: Math Ahead!

'And that's with massaging the numbers!'

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

"I asked my friends over to see how much the adults are leaving us to pay off!"

Reign Man

'The numbers aren't working.'

Garden Sudoku

"We're sure we've got the right numbers... Now we just need to work out what order to put them in!"

'Your numbers are WAY off...I'd like to see them SLIGHTLY less off.'

"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!"

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

Target setting: 'What about 38%, we haven't used 38% for a while.'

'If they weren't so damned good we might feel a bit more excited about the figures.'

University students practising arithmetic through betting odds

'You're not just a number to me, Abercrombie -- you're an irrational number!'

'Sorry, but I had trouble with train story-problems in math, when I was a kid too.'

"Profits are up 20%, but unfortunately costs are up 50%."

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Three steps to turn around the economy.