Its share price rose 67 cents, to $33.84, that day, as the company said its "recurring net income" had met analyst expectations, even though write-offs led to a net loss.
Though many people write off chickens as just food animals, the birds are more intelligent and emotionally complex than some people give them credit for.
By far the bigger mistake, though, would be to write off the aftermath of the Arab Spring as a lost cause.
Last year, though, banks had to write off an average of 6percentt per quarter on outstanding credit-card balances, according to the Fed.
No-one would write off Leeds though now.
Credit to Leicester though, wrote them off months ago.
With so many sides having improved in the East this season it looks as though this season could be a write off for the Bucks.
This time the Germans will be fancied to win although it would be unwise to write off Argentina, even though they do have four players suspended.
Though they have announced plans to write off more than $45 billion in bad loans this year, the banks are still piling up bad loans faster than they are writing them off.
Despite everything that has gone wrong for them I still find it impossible to write off Geelong, even though they're perhaps as ripe for the picking as they've ever been in the last eight years.
Do not write off a write-off, though — especially if it can be delayed until after the German general election next year.
