Entries Tagged as ‘Reading Riting and Rithmatic’

September 28, 2007

Not Cooo

In Germany, every now and then they discover an unexploded bomb or shell from World War II that’s been sitting quietly underneath an apartment building or a nursing home for 60+ years, and zee bomb squad has to come and remove it. Apparently this is such a common occurrence that they’ve gotten really good [...]

September 14, 2007

How Much Brainpower Does It Take To Get An MBA?

Actual exchange in accounting class this morning:
Professor: “Who can tell me how an implicit cost is different from an explicit cost?”
[Silence.]
Professor: “Anyone?”
[Silence.]
That Guy On the Front Row Who Likes to Hear Himself Talk: “It’s implied?”
Professor [enthusiastically]:”Yes, that’s exactly correct!! An implicit cost is IMPLIED!”
Ironically, TGOFRWLHHT will probably be making six figures by the time he’s [...]