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== Comics ==
 
== Comics ==
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* [[Image:TaxComic.gif]]
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* [[Image:SprintPCS.jpg |400 px|Enron Comic]]
 
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This is a [http://www.tuckprofit.com/0611_vol2_iss3/0611famafrench.htm very funny article] about Ken French.
 
This is a [http://www.tuckprofit.com/0611_vol2_iss3/0611famafrench.htm very funny article] about Ken French.
  
You Might Be An Accountant If...
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Q: Why do accountants become accountants?
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A: Because they fail the personality test to become a mortician.
  
    * You refer to your child as Deduction 214
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You Might Be An Accountant If...
    * You deduct Ex-lax as "moving expenses"
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* You refer to your child as Deduction 214
    * You have no idea that GAP is also a clothing store
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* You deduct Ex-lax as "moving expenses"
    * At the movie Indecent Proposal you did a NPV calculation
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* You have no idea that GAP is also a clothing store
    * Getting to sleep is an exciting event that you look forward to all day long
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* Getting to sleep is an exciting event that you look forward to all day long
    * Your idea of thrashing your hotel room is refusing to fill out the guest comment card
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* Your idea of thrashing your hotel room is refusing to fill out the guest comment card
    * You are doing it now because you checked the file and found that you did it last year
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* You are doing it now because you checked the file and found that you did it last year
    * You decide to change your name to a symbol and you choose the double underline "========"
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* You decide to change your name to a symbol and you choose the double underline "========"
  
 
== Videos ==
 
== Videos ==
* This is perhaps one of the funniest accounting videos ever. I always show it on the first day of class to introductory accounting students, so they know what they are getting into. (See [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8428827001690074658 here]).
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* Seinfeld accounting joke.
* How the market really works, just watch the first 2 minutes (See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM here]).
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* If you students are struggling with small math errors, [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3069606245026550004 this video] is pretty funny.
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* [http://videos.sapo.pt/PIfBsz5rVzrVGyU6N4WW Clip] from the Simpsons about the Enron Ride of Broken Dreams.
  
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==Links==
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* [http://www.groco.com/readingroom/humor.aspx Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen, & Co.] - This San Francisco-based CPA firm has a great list of one-liners, David Letterman top tens, and other stories.
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:02, 27 August 2015

Comics

  • PorkandBeans.jpg
  • Big5.jpg
  • Comic.gif
  • ChristmasAccountants.gif
  • TaxComic.gif
  • Accountingleader.jpg
  • Enron Comic

General Humor

Jokes

This is a very funny article about Ken French.

Q: Why do accountants become accountants? A: Because they fail the personality test to become a mortician.

You Might Be An Accountant If...

  • You refer to your child as Deduction 214
  • You deduct Ex-lax as "moving expenses"
  • You have no idea that GAP is also a clothing store
  • Getting to sleep is an exciting event that you look forward to all day long
  • Your idea of thrashing your hotel room is refusing to fill out the guest comment card
  • You are doing it now because you checked the file and found that you did it last year
  • You decide to change your name to a symbol and you choose the double underline "========"

Videos

  • Seinfeld accounting joke.
  • Clip from the Simpsons about the Enron Ride of Broken Dreams.

Links



Main PageTeaching and ServiceAccounting Humor