§ 250 Everything Coming Out Just Right
This is one of those post-war stories. However, it is said to have the advantage on its side of being true. It seems there was an English nobleman whose estate shrunk frightfully between 1914 and 1918. He decided, in order to replenish the family fortune, to go into business. But neither nature nor experience had qualified him for a commercial career and he made a frightful hash of the venture.
Eventually, a receiver took over his affairs. The receiver engaged an expert accountant who went over the books and struck a trial balance.
His Lordship scanned the document and exclaimed:
“What a remarkable coincidence! What an extraordinary coincidence! Why, the totals on both sides are identical!”