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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
I'm grading first-semester accounting quizzes today and one of the students came up with a new account, one of which I'd never heard before:
Account Placebo (No, you don't get extra credit for figuring out what he really meant.) |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
So you have students from Italy in your class? Nice.
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
I once had a student who decided my name was Peter and spent some time calling me that. Peter is a fine name, but my name is Cliff.
Magic is like Science,
Both are fun if you do it right! |
arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
I'll never forget when I was teaching at Berklee College of music in the late 1970's, and one of my students was surprised to hear Paul McCartney had been in a band before Wings.
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Intrepid Inner circle Silver Spring, MD 1179 Posts |
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On Aug 31, 2015, S2000magician wrote: So that's what A/P stands for. That explains a lot.
Bob
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Accounts recieveable
Not looking for a gold star. |
S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On Sep 1, 2015, Devious wrote: I suspect that you're correct. But it wouldn't have mattered; the answer was wrong no matter what he meant. |
George Ledo Magic Café Columnist SF Bay Area 3042 Posts |
Account Placebo - isn't that the used for cooking the books?
That's our departed buddy Burt, aka The Great Burtini, doing his famous Cups and Mice routine
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imgic Inner circle Moved back to Midwest to see 1337 Posts |
I think you mean doctoring the books
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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George Ledo Magic Café Columnist SF Bay Area 3042 Posts |
Touche'.
That's our departed buddy Burt, aka The Great Burtini, doing his famous Cups and Mice routine
www.georgefledo.net Latest column: "Sorry about the photos in my posts here" |
mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
A placebo account is the one you show to creditors to make them feel better about lending you more money.
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
That's well put, Bob.
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Intrepid Inner circle Silver Spring, MD 1179 Posts |
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On Sep 1, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: Ahh, the fake receivables
Bob
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imgic Inner circle Moved back to Midwest to see 1337 Posts |
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On Aug 31, 2015, S2000magician wrote: Maybe a little sugar coating to make the numbers a bit more palatable...
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
I remember our high school accountancy teacher explaining how to lay out the page for accounts: Divide the page into three equal halves, and make one of the halves bigger than the other two.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On Sep 3, 2015, TonyB2009 wrote: If the big half were twice the size of each of the little halves, he, sort of, stumbled into an accurate description . . . completely accidentally, of course. |
TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
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On Sep 3, 2015, S2000magician wrote: The guy was a genius then. He also told us all that the way to make a fortune was to open a chip shop. But when I met him last year he seemed quite happy that I had ignored his advice and gone into magic instead.
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
Maybe he realized that you weren't interested in making a fortune.
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