This is hilarious!

A man was in a long line at Walmart. As he got to the register he realized 
he had forgotten to get condoms, so he asked the checkout girl if she 
could have some brought up to the register. 

She asked, 'What size condoms?' 

The customer replied that he didn't know. She asked him to drop his pants. 
He did.

She reached over the counter, grabbed hold of him and called over the 
intercom, 'One box of large condoms, Register 5.' 

The next man in line thought this was interesting, and like most of us, 
was up for a cheap thrill. 

When he got up to the register, he told the checker that he too had 
forgotten to get condoms, and asked if she could have some brought 
to the register for him. 

She asked him what size, and he stated that he didn't know. She asked him to 
drop his pants. 

He did. 

She gave him a quick feel, picked up the intercom and said, 'One box of 
medium-sized condoms, Register 5.' 

A few customers back was this teenage boy. He thought what he had seen was 
way too cool. He had never had any type of sexual contact with a live 
female, so he thought this was his chance. 

When he got to t he register he told the checker he needed some condoms.. 
She asked him what size and he said he didn't know.? She asked him to drop 
his pants and he did. She reached over the counter, gave him a quick squeeze, 
then picked up the intercom and said... 
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'Cleanup, Register 5'

Accounting nuisance

I've never liked accounting! There. I admit it. It's confusing and the definitions of debit and credit are kinda weird. :P It started for me with one of the first treacherous courses in accounting called "Basic Principles of Accounting" which in my opinion was not basic with the columns, debits, credits, balances and rough-work sheets on the side of my college bench. I had to again face it during my MBA too. Well, I thought may be it would be easier and less annoying in a US b-school (compared to an Indian norms of using paper, pencil, calculator) and we would use some cool software to do it; but hell, we used Excel :D . Anywho, it was cooler than having to use a separate calculator and quite frankly I thoroughly enjoyed the discussions about Revenue Recognition, inventory stuffing and other transparency issues. I guess that kinda analysis is more intriguing for me compared to actually putting numbers in the right place and tallying them.

In my efforts to establish a better accounting practice in real-life (unlike all my B minus academic pursuits :D), I started looking for a software a couple of years back and I found Working Point to be a good contender for my books of accounts. 

Working Point is pretty good for my business but it won't do my personal accounting. For that, I remember using Mint (for USA) - now acquired by Intuit and thought will give it a shot here in India too but the Intuit Money Manager is still struggling to reconcile all my transactions! Damn.

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For now, at least for my personal accounting, I'm getting back to a simple diary and a pen. Let the scribbling begin! :D Moreover, in India we've way too many cash transactions...