Accountancy Training (obviously!)
A comedy conversation
by aushie  5,580  13
09/10/2001 01:46 PM 203 views
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Well, kids, I had my first experience with double entry today. Sure, I had read about it before, and I knew the basics, but when you actually get down to it, it's really different from what you expect.
Make no bones about it: double entry is really hard at first. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't get it to come right. The more I struggled, the more painful the whole process was.
Maybe it's because I'm inexperienced. Other people in the class were sliding through it effortlessly, but that's probably only because they've done it every day for the past 3 years. I guess you can get used to anything!
I don't know, right now it seems like the only people who would get any benefit out of double entry are the actual clients. I don't think anyone in my position could ever really learn to like it. Maybe I'll eventually get some satisfaction, even if it's only from a job well done.
I have to practice my double entry tonight. I bet it's going to take at least 3 hours to get the hang of it so that I feel like I could do it professionally. At least they gave me all the tools I'll need to get it right on my own.
We have a practical exam on Friday. I think I would prefer an oral!
Well, at least I'm getting paid to do it. The sick thing is, there are probably people out there who would do it for free!
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Side-splitting
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Nutbutter 181,311  35
09/10/2001 01:48 PM
*polite laughter*
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Chuckleworthy
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The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/10/2001 01:49 PM
Congrats! I hope this new career is rewarding.
What sort of certifications does one need to become a chartered accountant?
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Sleestack 30,342 13
09/10/2001 01:50 PM
NEW ON FOX
X-TREME ACCOUNTING!
This week: Number Crunching Double-Entry Daredevils!!
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aushie 5,580 13
09/10/2001 01:50 PM
yes, yes, I know.
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Sleestack 30,342 13
09/10/2001 01:50 PM
Double-entendre...
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aushie 5,580 13
09/10/2001 01:51 PM
After today, I am convinced that certification in the traditional "Bedlam" sense is a requirement.
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Tavis 2,438 13
09/10/2001 02:17 PM
I never request double entry unless I'm working with a sloppy, loose accountant. Those are the worst; almost better to just spring for a young one with an airtight work ethic.
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Peon 6,076 13
09/10/2001 02:32 PM
It's fun to charter an accountant
And sail the wide accountancy
To find, explore the funds offshore
And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy
It can be manly in insurance
We'll up your premium semi-anually
It's all tax-deductible
We're fairly incorruptible
We're sailing on the wide accountancy
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aushie 5,580 13
09/10/2001 02:38 PM
Yes, I know. But I'm an accountant. You really can't expect anything better.
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shoelace414 10,080 13
09/10/2001 02:48 PM
Maybe a lion tamer?
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Peon 6,076 13
09/10/2001 02:59 PM
I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
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The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/10/2001 03:02 PM
Strewth!
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Peon 6,076 13
09/10/2001 03:08 PM
*presses button for food*
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froglord 9,243 13
09/10/2001 03:09 PM
The Reader's Digest condensed version of the first post:
Well, kids, I had my first experience with double entry today.
Make no bones about it: double entry is really hard at first.
The more I struggled, the more painful the whole process was.
I don't know, right now it seems like the only people who would get any benefit out of double entry are the actual clients.
I don't think anyone in my position could ever really learn to like it. Maybe I'll eventually get some satisfaction
I think I would prefer an oral!
Well, at least I'm getting paid to do it.
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Bonky 75,733 15
09/10/2001 03:10 PM
[gulp]
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Peon 6,076 13
09/10/2001 03:27 PM
Bonky went to 7-11.
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John Hargrave 128,751 73
09/10/2001 03:39 PM
What's funny is that I'm also taking Accounting for my MBA program this semester, and I had my own experience with double entry this weekend. My wife, who is pregnant, had to help me, though -- she's done quite a bit of it in the past.
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Lady Jinx 5,835 13
09/10/2001 03:44 PM
It might be funnier with a rubber chicken and some funky false teeth.
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Lady Jinx 5,835 13
09/10/2001 03:45 PM
Although...the idea of clown sex isn't really that funny.
Okay...scratch that theory.
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da_pope 1,483 13
09/10/2001 03:46 PM
john talks about his wife doing double entry.
do i go there?
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froglord 9,243 13
09/10/2001 03:47 PM
Go for it.
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da_pope 1,483 13
09/10/2001 03:48 PM
do i still need to?
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froglord 9,243 13
09/10/2001 03:53 PM
The thought of John's wife doing double entry finished you off already?
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Lady Jinx 5,835 13
09/10/2001 03:56 PM
I think it was the thought of JOHN doing double-entry that finished him off.
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Peon 6,076 13
09/10/2001 03:56 PM
Pope has been alone for a while.
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froglord 9,243 13
09/10/2001 03:58 PM
It's been so long for pope that when he hears double entry, he thinks accounting.
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Clagnuts 1,063 11
09/10/2001 04:04 PM
My girlfriend is getting her MBA.
I wonder if I can talk her into doing a double entry with me?
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froglord 9,243 13
09/10/2001 04:05 PM
Entry with you would be a starting point.
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Chouggy 5,183 13
09/10/2001 04:11 PM
For me, double entry involves a didlo and a butt plug.
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John Hargrave 128,751 73
09/10/2001 04:58 PM
Thanks for continuing the subtlety there, Chouggy. Very light touch with the words -- nicely done.
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HisBoyElroy 10,621 13
09/10/2001 05:13 PM
how does that buttplug taste then, choug?
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Clagnuts 1,063 11
09/10/2001 05:29 PM
Now is butt plug the official name of that product or is that its "street name"? On the packageing I'm not sure if butt plug, while accurate, would have the certain cache that the marketing people are looking for.
ON the other handjob butt bung has alliteration going for it.
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Tavis 2,438 13
09/10/2001 07:12 PM
Rubber Rectal Roadblock.
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Id 1,116 11
09/10/2001 09:34 PM
I always thought they could better market buttplugs to puritanical homophobes if they billed them as sodomy protection.
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Mookie on Wheels 17,582 13
07/03/2003 07:32 PM
Has Aushie kept in touch with anybody?
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