Extreme Accounting

I guess accounting has become very boring since the crackdown on Enron and other companies, so what have the accountants done? With no interesting illegal schemes to apply their creativity to, they’ve created extreme accounting:

Extreme accounting is the latest – and unlikeliest – adrenaline sport. Accountants visit challenging locations like mountain tops, seabeds, caves and rollercoasters. And, inspired by the extreme ironing craze, they take their work with them, reports the Sun.

South African Keet Van Zyl is the sport’s reigning champion. A spokesman for the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting said: “It’s a phenomenon that pushes accountants to their limits – and beyond.”

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