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A decimal point? I always mess up some mundane detail!



That movie should be required viewing for all ninth grade students. It's a more realistic depiction of the life for which they are being prepared than most of what they are fed.


Peter Gibbons: So you guys are gonna fire Mike and Samir, and you're gonna give me more money?

Bob Porter: [nods] Uh-huh.

Peter Gibbons: Wow.


Oh! What is this fairly mundane detail, Michael?!!!


It's not a mundane detail Michael!


In quite a few countries "." is the thousand separator, and the "," is the decimal point...




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