2026's looking bright so far even where the sun don't shine ☀️

[underpants]

On the radio

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1. Little known fact about lead singer Gibby Haynes...

He was named "Accounting Student of the Year" at Trinity University, and worked as an auditor for Peat Marwick (now KPMG), one of the "big four" accounting firms.

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4. Jagger, Robert Plant, Bob Newhart, Kenny G

https://www.monroeu.edu/news/35-famous-accountants-surprise-inspire

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5. Gibby is now 68, a year older than me...

and would have received his accounting degree in about the same year I received mine.

Time is flying by, underpants.

He's a pretty interesting guy, and I've found that many accountants have a highly creative side that belies the "accountant" reputation.

I've read a little about him. Working for a Big Four accounting firm is a soul-sucking first step, in which at that time, many believed to be necessary to becoming a CPA in a well-established firm. The Big Four beats the shit out of new college grads...incredibly long and stressful hours. It's usually considered a rite of passage.

It sounds like Gibby started working for Peat Marwick, was on the path to becoming a successful CPA and partner in the firm, said "fuck this", never sat for his CPA exam, and pursued a musical career.

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6. Yep

My wife and I both have accounting degrees. We met through an accounting fraternity and yes that’s as needing as it sounds. We were both “older” second run students. She already had other degrees I had spent time in the Army. We both sat for the CPA once to get grandfathered out of ridiculous credit requirement changes.

She worked for a big 4. I went to work totally un accounting related due to a resume snafu and I didn’t want to wait for the next 6 months recruiting period. They worked her hard.

For me, as I joke, it was either Greek or accounting as I knew the same about both. Zero. I had family members who were accountants and I figured there are 26 letters and 10 numbers - numbers are bound to be simpler. Busted my ass for 6 semesters in 2 years (full time summers).

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2. That exact thing happened to me in the mid-90s

My car stereo was simplistic by today’s standards, with a single line of text scrolling past the screen. It required a strong signal to maintain text, and it would occasionally freeze when venturing out of range. As their song Pepper played on the radio, my wife noticed that the scrolling had stopped, then asked why the word ‘butthole’ appeared on screen. I tried explaining it away as rude commentary on my driving skills.

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3. 😂

Good answer.