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dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:
[...]
> Going back to accountants. Suppose you work for an airline
> and you tell the accountant that you have just signed a
> 1.7 million dollar order for maintenance of front wing
> doohickeys, do you think the accountant is concerned there
> is no physical box. Of course not :-)

Of course not; he'll be more concerned that you're spending 1.7
million dollars of the airline's money to maintain "doohickeys".  8-)}

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