from the wikipedia article "The Accounting Hall of Fame is an award “recognizing accountants who are making or have made a significant contribution to the advancement of accounting” since the beginning of the 20th century.1 Inductees are from both accounting academia and practice." this was established in 1950
Well, some people think we start off tabula rasa, and then we start accruing assets and debits. Happily, we’re not required to wear the traditional (but rarely used today) green visor to calculate the worth of our lives. Truth is (and some will call this pollyannaish) we’re all in our own halls of fame: we’re legends for being us—which no one else can do! Life is wonderful and wonderfully absurd!!!
City had some halfast downtown revitalization. One of the main attraction was the Barbershop Museum! Somehow it failed to draw thousands of people from around the world and closed in about 6 months.
There is also an actuarial science hall of fame for casualty actuaries. And it is important to note that God created actuaries to make accountants look interesting.
I think that’s wonderful, think of all the little boys and girls out there dreaming about that one perfectly balanced double entry just as the clock clicks down to closing time on tax day, and after a long career, stardom and making it into the Accounting Hall of Fame. "Someday, someday, if I practice really hard . . . . "
There was a history series called Connections hosted by James Burke that I saw many years ago, and I seem to recall he did a bit on the significance of the invention of double entry bookkeeping to the development of the modern world.
Wonderful and Absurd don’t seem mutually exclusive to me. Quite the opposite actually. I find many of the absurd things in life are what make it wonderful. We should all embrace the divine nonchalance of the world around us.
Our dear auntie uncle and cousins live(d) in Cleveland, like forever. Flo passed in her 80s while stubbornly shoveling snow off their driveway. Many decades ago they enjoyed visiting siblings in faraway San Diego. Sighned, California Boy
just found out that accountants, telegraphers , copy editors and others whose job entailed vision-intensive, detail oriented, eye strained work wore the green visior due to the incandesent lights and candles they worked by.
There’s a lot of halls of fame out there. The only way I’ll ever get into one (besides as a visitor paying too much money to see the exhibits inside) is if I establish one myself and vote myself into it.
Dad, in the pre-computer days, was what was then called a “machine accountant,” using primitive but hulking IBM machines to perform accounting tasks, prepped by the key-punchers. He was a whiz at wiring boards (early “programming”). He transitioned into early computers before retirement….
There truly is an accountant’s hall of fame And I have a friend who is in it. I passed this panel onto him and he was offended. Does his reaction not validate the punch line? Do they all take themselves THAT seriously?
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
They need something to attract tourists to Columbus, Ohio when the football season is over.
Sherlock Watson almost 4 years ago
Something about this just doesn’t add up.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I never realized that accountants had their own league. The CPA.
Flynn White Premium Member almost 4 years ago
An Accounting Hall of Fame inspires Accountants to be audit they can be
LeeCox almost 4 years ago
It really IS a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_Hall_of_Fame
kagekyuu almost 4 years ago
from the wikipedia article "The Accounting Hall of Fame is an award “recognizing accountants who are making or have made a significant contribution to the advancement of accounting” since the beginning of the 20th century.1 Inductees are from both accounting academia and practice." this was established in 1950
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Put your money in calculators because they are really what counts!
iggyman almost 4 years ago
My accountant is in the “Numbers Racket”! :)
rdav1248961 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
There’s no accounting for taste.
rdav1248961 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
My accounting firm is in there—Dewey Cheatem and Howe.
Kind&Kinder almost 4 years ago
Well, some people think we start off tabula rasa, and then we start accruing assets and debits. Happily, we’re not required to wear the traditional (but rarely used today) green visor to calculate the worth of our lives. Truth is (and some will call this pollyannaish) we’re all in our own halls of fame: we’re legends for being us—which no one else can do! Life is wonderful and wonderfully absurd!!!
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’d say any sentence that begins, “Life is…” has a high likelihood of being entirely incorrect or otherwise way off the mark.
gammaguy almost 4 years ago
These days, it would be an AD-visor. (Courtesy of Google.)
Breadboard almost 4 years ago
All groups must beat their own drum from time to time ! … Croc Power !
Ignatz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I can’t be the only one who checked. It’s real.
jel354 almost 4 years ago
Rat and Goat came deducted that on their own.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 4 years ago
City had some halfast downtown revitalization. One of the main attraction was the Barbershop Museum! Somehow it failed to draw thousands of people from around the world and closed in about 6 months.
dailyreader58 almost 4 years ago
There is also an actuarial science hall of fame for casualty actuaries. And it is important to note that God created actuaries to make accountants look interesting.
ItzBigNATELover_2021 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Yeah I guess
SALUDADOG almost 4 years ago
There’s no business like show business, but there are a lot of businesses like accounting.
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
At times people lose all cents!
wrd2255 almost 4 years ago
No. But the floor plan is modeled on a huge Excel spreadsheet.
1953Baby almost 4 years ago
Did you know there are tow truck competitions? I kid you not. . .
Ellis97 almost 4 years ago
Absurd? You’re a talking rat and goat.
Reader almost 4 years ago
I hope the first award was posthumously given to Luca Pacioli.
Snolep almost 4 years ago
Yesterday Pig was a Buddhist. Today Rat’s an Existentialist. Not sure about Goat.
david_42 almost 4 years ago
That’s reasonable. It’s a tossup between accounting and brewing as to which drove the creation of writing.
jonesbeltone almost 4 years ago
It has sleeve garters you have to wear upon entering.
kartis almost 4 years ago
There is no accounting for some tastes.
alliegator almost 4 years ago
is it a visor? you can count on it!
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
The weird things we think of in a pandemic . . .
Whatcouldgowrong almost 4 years ago
I think that’s wonderful, think of all the little boys and girls out there dreaming about that one perfectly balanced double entry just as the clock clicks down to closing time on tax day, and after a long career, stardom and making it into the Accounting Hall of Fame. "Someday, someday, if I practice really hard . . . . "
walstib Premium Member almost 4 years ago
In my accounting days I was called a bean counter, but I preferred to call myself a number cruncher.
aerotica69 almost 4 years ago
Life is wonderful, people are absurd.
scpandich almost 4 years ago
There was a history series called Connections hosted by James Burke that I saw many years ago, and I seem to recall he did a bit on the significance of the invention of double entry bookkeeping to the development of the modern world.
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 4 years ago
There’s an inscription over the door. “So big deal. Your brother’s a doctor.”
JudyAz almost 4 years ago
Did you hear about the bookkeeper who committed suicide by jumping off a ledger? Well, there’s no accounting for taste…
Troglodyte almost 4 years ago
Somebody ought to book Rat for constant cynicism and negativity.
the lost wizard almost 4 years ago
There are numerous calculations of how much it actually cost to build.
JimValTen Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I am desperately searching my address book for “ number crunchers” I have known, but alas, they have all gone to that spread sheet in the sky.
Scott S almost 4 years ago
I’ve never worn a green visor.
well-i-never almost 4 years ago
Auditors rule!
KEA almost 4 years ago
https://aaahq.org/AHOF
c001 almost 4 years ago
One can learn a lot at PBS. There is not only a waffle day but actually two.
ramcharanr almost 4 years ago
’S true! https://aaahq.org/AHOF
mi_sbs almost 4 years ago
Started at Ohio State. Figures. (just a little good natured rivalry ribbing folks)
joeshmoe554 almost 4 years ago
Wonderful and Absurd don’t seem mutually exclusive to me. Quite the opposite actually. I find many of the absurd things in life are what make it wonderful. We should all embrace the divine nonchalance of the world around us.
a swino almost 4 years ago
I’ll admit it – I wanted to see and googled it. RASSAFRAZZ PASTIS!
a swino almost 4 years ago
Well, heck it was on the second page of results. My bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Hello Sweetie almost 4 years ago
Double entry book keeping is one of those inventions that no one notices but it is a foundation for modern business.
cupertino jay almost 4 years ago
Our dear auntie uncle and cousins live(d) in Cleveland, like forever. Flo passed in her 80s while stubbornly shoveling snow off their driveway. Many decades ago they enjoyed visiting siblings in faraway San Diego. Sighned, California Boy
j.l.farmer almost 4 years ago
just found out that accountants, telegraphers , copy editors and others whose job entailed vision-intensive, detail oriented, eye strained work wore the green visior due to the incandesent lights and candles they worked by.
braindead Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Couldn’t some of the members of that HOF tell you whether life is more absurd or wonderful?
And by exactly how much?
Gloria Fleming almost 4 years ago
oooohh I hope so. the door could look like a G/L sheet and the handles could be pencils.
knight1192a almost 4 years ago
There’s a lot of halls of fame out there. The only way I’ll ever get into one (besides as a visitor paying too much money to see the exhibits inside) is if I establish one myself and vote myself into it.
PBS1! almost 4 years ago
The bigger question is, what, if anything, is too absurd to be true?
tinstar almost 4 years ago
I think Rat is being a tad calculating.
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
Dad, in the pre-computer days, was what was then called a “machine accountant,” using primitive but hulking IBM machines to perform accounting tasks, prepped by the key-punchers. He was a whiz at wiring boards (early “programming”). He transitioned into early computers before retirement….
Never made it to that Hall of Fame!
ken almost 4 years ago
There truly is an accountant’s hall of fame And I have a friend who is in it. I passed this panel onto him and he was offended. Does his reaction not validate the punch line? Do they all take themselves THAT seriously?
Scott S over 3 years ago
You’ve got to be accrual to be kind…