The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for April 17, 2021

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    dadthedawg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Please pass the…..hand calculator.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I was really disappointed when it happened to me: back then, in the early ’60s there were no calculators.

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    oldpine52  over 3 years ago

    Add the totals together and divide by eight and use the average.

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    LookingGlass Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Don’t look to dad for help. Brutus will try the same thing and come up with at least 16 different answers!!

    /SMIRK/

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    wiatr  over 3 years ago

    I’d say to add all his totals and divide by the number of separate totals for the correct answer but he may well end up doing that over and over.

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    juncarlo  over 3 years ago

    I imagine these are the same mistakes Brutus makes in Veebleflester’s office.

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    GiantShetlandPony  over 3 years ago

    Aside from the obvious cheat with a calculator, a good method is to break up the column into sections. Add those sections separately, break those into sections if needed, add them until you have a manageable amount of numbers to add together.

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    GROG Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Keep trying. You’re bound to come up with one of those eight answers again. When you do, go with it.

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Are you allowed to use an abacus?

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    Orcatime  over 3 years ago

    Must be learning to balance a checkbook!

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    William Bednar Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Has the IRS recruiter called you yet?

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    walstib Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I started my finance career box balancing spreadsheets, before Excel.

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    flemmingo  over 3 years ago

    Worked with a guy in the government. I was doing budget . He asked to help. Gave him a spreadsheet to add up. Just one sheet! He came back an hour later. Said he couldn’t get totals to match. Told him just let me do it.

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    Michael G.  over 3 years ago

    Reminds me of me.

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    ChessPirate  over 3 years ago

    In recent years, I have sort-of switched over to adding up the numbers, ignoring the tens column, then add all the “remainders” (so to speak), then adding the two totals together. It does seem easier to do in my head that way…

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    raybarb44  over 3 years ago

    Missed the concept but at least we know he can add……

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    Buckeye67  over 3 years ago

    Looks like Wilberforce is getting prepared for a government job when he grows up.

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    paranormal  over 3 years ago

    That’ll give you an idea of what it’s like to do your income tax return…

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    cuzinron47  over 3 years ago

    It’s not your fault, you’re a Thornapple.

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    joyscooter  over 3 years ago

    been there. . .So done that! :)

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Notice, the Dad is simply staying quiet! That’s smart!

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    rhpii  over 3 years ago

    He has the making of a Congressman.

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