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...Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be here somewhere... Nope, no weapons over there. Maybe under here ..." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, while showing slides of himself looking under furniture in the White House, during a dinner for radio and TV correspondents. The joke drew protests from families of U.S. soldiers in Iraq...
There's a joke in the accounting trade that the difference between a wobbly grocery cart and a corporate auditor is that the cart has a mind of its own. Very funny, unless you had invested in MCI (formerly WorldCom), which recently announced that the pretax income it reported for 2000 and 2001 was just a tad off--$74.4 billion less than it had said, after writedowns and adjustments. Outside auditors have signed off on bogus earnings reports and balance sheets at companies from Rite Aid to Xerox. In some cases, auditors dealt with corporate brass intent on concealing thievery...
...keeps people in good spirits all the time is always smiling, always complementing, always poking a joke at something that just lightens the mode. Like I sort of said about the chemistry earlier this year—people are generally happy. That I think contributes to how you play...
...resentful because of that?” Herms says. “It’s a joke, I’ve been...
...that the coaches don’t joke back. At this, Salsgiver starts to look like a man who is taking on more than he can handle...