Numeral Enthusiast Gifts

8. VIII. Just because it took four of us to do your job doesn't mean we were slacking off!

Roman soldier in police line up.

The Life of Pi

Scientist counting microscopic things he can see in his microscope

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

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

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

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

Staff Yearbook

But under a different accounting convention ...

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

'Do I remember pre-decimal coinage?I remember pre-Tudor coinage!'

Warning: Math Ahead!

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

Reign Man

How Romans give each other a high five...

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

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

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!"

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

'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.'

57th Birthday balloons

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

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

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

Three steps to turn around the economy.

'The good news is we've readjusted our expectations.'

'...or you could fill out this Form 666 and get a filing extension for all eternity.'

'I used to be dull and boring then, one day, I discovered accountancy.'

"Tonight we're going to let the statistics speak for themselves."

"The new tax software is a real eye opener. Every misguided, impulsive purchase I made for the business last year really pops and sizzles in a visual data format!"

"Ever since he saw the new budget he's been obsessing over the numbers."

'Miss Soule, I'm curious. How many numbers were there when you were my age?'