Comments on: An Actuarial Guide to Actuarialness, Actuarially Speaking

By: Actuarial Language Ain’t The Only One That Matters – From Bob's Cluttered Desk

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:02:39 +0000

[…] I posted an article that defined the language that actuaries use. I really just posted a couple paragraphs, and then stole the rest from someone else, but who’s […]

By: Vince Capaldi

Vince Capaldi — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:13:48 +0000

Thank you SO very much for sharing my post in your blog! I need to ask though – of all the posts you could have chosen, you somehow chose mine? That must have been a very serious case of writer’s block. And no, my business card isn’t a 3×5 index card. It’s legal paper-sized.

Sarcasm aside, I have been a huge fan of “From Bob’s Cluttered Desk” for years and am absolutely thrilled to be included in it.

You have my most sincere thanks!

By: Ilana Lehmann

Ilana Lehmann — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:03:42 +0000

Oh my, Bob. Definitions are different depending on who you are. A consideration foremost in my book, “The Completely Useless Dictionary of Higher Education” available at online bookstores. (Yes, this is a shameless plug!)

Here are a couple of examples:
Abridge: 1. (professor) The means of making something shorter.
2. (student) The means of crossing over something, such as bodies of water. 3. (administrator.) A source of toll money.

Death: 1. (professor) The only valid reason for not attending a final exam.
2. (student) The potential result of attending boring lectures.
3. (admistrator) The only valid reason for not paying late fees.

Zombie: 1. (professor) A tall mixed drink consisting of white rum, golden rum, dark rum, 151-proof rum, lime juice, pineapple juice, apricot brandy, and sugar.
2. (student) The walking dead. Often resembling college students.
3. (administrator) A dead person who is animated but in a trance who moves around as if unconscious. Often confused with professors who refuse to retire.

Keep up the good puns!