The Sad But True Pictures Thread

[Kutnupe14]

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[daddyusmaximus]

 

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[Leadeye]

That maze needs some serious dollar signs to go with it.

 

[jamil]

That maze needs some serious dollar signs to go with it.

I wonder what serious dollar signs would look like? They don’t tend to have fearures that express mood very well. It’s not like Ben Affleck portraying Batman’s serious face.

 

[Leadeye]

Having been in that maze I can tell you it's like an expensive surprise spook house with no end. Every time you turn a corner things change and somebody has their hand in your pocket. Most people hire a consultant to lead them through which is almost always a firm made up of people who used to work for the IDEM/EPA.

 

[Bill of Rights]

That maze needs some serious dollar signs to go with it.

You mean showing the path, so he can "follow the money"?

 

[JettaKnight]

Let's do the math.

So from a small sample ( https://www.webstaurantstore.com/4-4-lb-large-pitted-kalamata-olives-case/107345213.html ) 4.4 pounds goes for $11.23; that's $2.80/lb.

Let's now go metric, because it's superior: $6.15 / kg.

I'm stepping out on a limb and saying the average pitted olive weighs 4 grams based on a quick Googling.
That's $0.0246123 per olive. (However, I suspect AA gets olives far cheaper than this.)

So, $40,000 worth of olives is 1,625,204 olives.

American Airlines carries roughly 200M passengers annually. But, how many of those get salad? Not every flight has a meal. My WAG is that 10% of the passengers get served a salad.

That's twenty million salads, so I'm going to say the math checks out.

 

[Birds Away]

That was strenuous. Now I need a nap.

 

[IndyDave1776]

That was strenuous. Now I need a nap.

[video=youtube;iXC3dxZw-2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXC3dxZw-2A[/video]

 

[jamil]

That was strenuous. Now I need a nap.

Oh. That must be why I yawned through it. And I usually like math. But geeky math. Like boolean algebra. Not that accountant nerdy wooden pencil, pocket-protector ****.

 

[JettaKnight]

More for those that aren't quite asleep yet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hedidthemath/

 

[jamil]

You can tell an extroverted accountant when you see one. He's looking down at YOUR shoes.

 

[jamil]

If you're a lawyer, and you want to liven up the party, invite an accountant.

EVERYONE except accounts and maybe a few lawyers know that's not true.

 

[2A_Tom]

 

[seedubs1]

You forgot the jet fuel savings by carrying less weight.

Let's do the math.

So from a small sample ( https://www.webstaurantstore.com/4-4-lb-large-pitted-kalamata-olives-case/107345213.html ) 4.4 pounds goes for $11.23; that's $2.80/lb.

Let's now go metric, because it's superior: $6.15 / kg.

I'm stepping out on a limb and saying the average pitted olive weighs 4 grams based on a quick Googling.
That's $0.0246123 per olive. (However, I suspect AA gets olives far cheaper than this.)

So, $40,000 worth of olives is 1,625,204 olives.

American Airlines carries roughly 200M passengers annually. But, how many of those get salad? Not every flight has a meal. My WAG is that 10% of the passengers get served a salad.

That's twenty million salads, so I'm going to say the math checks out.

 

[jamil]

What if people really like olives? What if the nearest competitor offers free olives?

 

[JettaKnight]

You forgot the jet fuel savings by carrying less weight.

I'm assuming the mass is offset by the one olive lover on board that brings her own bottle of olives to compensate.

You can tell an extroverted accountant when you see one. He's looking down at YOUR shoes.

I'm pretty sure that joke is about Minnesotans.


Really, this sort of stuff is as much engineering as it is accounting, or more so. Accountants want precision, engineers mastered the concept of "close enough."