Sentence examples for funny numbers from inspiring English sources
And local markets can mislead, he says, by "throwing up funny numbers".
The funny numbers are not allowed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jack Ciesielski, an accounting expert, also has some advice for investors about the rampant funny numbers out there.
The highlight of the show's many rousing and funny numbers is a song about being inducted into Newfoundland by drinking the local tipple, Screech, and kissing a cod.
LEGISLATORS, regulators and stock exchange executives all seem to agree: Give boardroom audit committees sharper teeth, and corporate chiefs will no longer be able to slip funny numbers to, and through, the auditors.
"When I look at the seasons coming up, I don't particularly think we'll have a great opportunity to have really funny numbers about 'Shrek' or another 'Guys and Dolls' revival or some of the stuff that's coming out," Mr. Alessandrini said by phone before a rehearsal on Friday for "Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab," which opens on Wednesday at the 47th Street Theater.
It's a funny number, because it involves all kinds of estimates.
Apparently, Simon & Schuster did not think that "14" was a "a funny number".
The funny number, instead, is the profits of foreign companies operating in the United States, which seem very low.
It's a charming, even funny number about nothing more serious than being single and not having a date.
