It's year-end closing season. Numbers counted in bone are never wrong, so have your excuses ready ahead of time.

• The HR ChiefChief, do you know your eyes only light up when you say that line?
  The BursarLight is not a line item.
• The Supply ChiefI'll admit you balanced my books last year. That's the one thing.
  The BursarThank you. That one thing has kept me going seven hundred years.