My math is for shit, but I recall that if it’s below .4, you round it down. .5 or above, round it up. So 1.4 would be 1. But I know less about math than Britney Spears knows about child care, so I could be Monkey Girl.
Depends on what the data’s being used for. That’s the standard way to round, but depending on the information needed, sometimes rounding is always down even if it’s X.9, and sometimes it’s always up even if it’s X.1.
So even if tdn is jerking his boss’s chain, it’s a valid question.
I also want to throw in another vote of appreciation for the OP. Damn fine posts.
Yeah, I think that’s the concept, but tdn wrote 1.4 plus 1.4, which would be 2.8, rounded to 3. Or as you noted, 1.4 rounded to 1 twice which would be 2. And hence the comment.
I’m no math genius either so I’ll wait for tdn, but I think that’s right.
On preview: I haven’t seen BayleDomon’s convention before but I’ll take his word for it.
That, my friend, is sheer beautifulness. I haven’t seen a statement like that in a Pit rant for years. Seems like it’s all about goat-felching these days, and Satan’s genitalia isn’t mentioned nearly enough. Well done, sir!
Whaleshit, having a very high specific gravity, is also very, very low.
A word of advice to anybody considering a career in the restaurant business (and probably a number of other types of businesses):
Even if you’re not actually looking for work, take time to peruse the “help wanted” section of your local newspaper on a regular basis. You will soon notice that there are a few restaurants that are almost constantly advertising that they are hiring. And I can guarantee you that there is probably a very good reason why they’re always looking for help. A secret: it’s not because they “just can’t find good help”.
These are usually locally-owned restaurants, and the owners tend to fall into three categories:
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Immigrants who may be experts at what they do but who cannot give clear instructions in English, and who consistently blame mistakes on “stupid, lazy, American workers”
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People who have taken over the management of the restaurant that their now-retired parents built into a popular, thriving business, and who are now in the process of running it into the ground because they know fuck-all about the restaurant business
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Women who have decided to mortgage the house they got in the divorce settlement in order to “realize their dream of owning their own business”, who have not yet figured out that “employer” and “mommy” are not synonyms and therefore tend to treat their employees like children
OK, I’ll bite (but not chew). What does this mean? Whaleshit is low? 
And now for something completely different
I wrote a song today at work because I was bored. Hope you like it. Well, it’s my words but not my melody. In any case, I think you will recognize it.
Oompa Loopa, doopity doo,
I am making sushi for you
Oompa Loompa doopity dee
I can even make it for three
What do you get with raw fish and rice?
Maybe some wasabi if you ask very nice
Chopped into pieces of six ten or eight
You’d be wise not to meet the same fate
Oompa, Loompa, doopity Dot
As for this song, you can like it or not
Oompa Loompa doopity Dinished
I’m pleased to announce your sushi is finished!
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it 
This post is a thing of beauty. I’ve not laughed so hard at a thread since Whammo’s Funniest Things Said During Lovemaking/Intimate Moments
And an Asian anecdote… A rather large woman and an acquaintance of mine was dining at a Chinese buffet when the owner/manager came to her table and said, “You too fat. You eat too much. You go now.”
She was mortified but it gave me fodder for years of harping in a bad Asian accent, “You too faaaat. You go now!” hahahahaha
It heavy. It sink. Go to bottom of ocean, ZOOM.
I can’t get past the Thai Sushi idea…
I’m going to open a restaraunt myself. We’ll serve falafel with marinara and meatballs. And hot dog enchiladas. Sczechuan borscht. Haggis omelettes. Curried Vegemite…
You too prejudiced. You get sued. Your ass mine. 
It not slow!
Actually, I was pleasantly intrigued until the last one.
Ah, I see what you did here. You’re trying to explain how Autolycus could describe his pay as whale-shit.
But with this new information, there may be another way to explain it:
Perhaps Autolycus meant that his pay is very liquid as in liquid assets. Or perhaps he meant that there is little substance and no depth to his pay.
And perhaps tomndebb meant that no depth meant very low. Perhaps.
How’s that for deep?
Man, that’s some heavy stuff, that is – that’s deeper’n whale shit!
Nobody read my song? Poopyfuck! Well, I’m off to work again. Stay tuned for further (mis)adventures!
Oh no, we read your song - it was a very good song. You should make up more songs like it and post them.
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Vegemite and avocado sammiches.
drool
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