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Mithalwen · 02-13-2008, 07:10 AM

there is just one accountancy joke:

Client: What is 2+2?

Accountant: What do you want it to be?

I would imagine that the Estate are fairly bullish about this given the legendary scale of US legal fees and the fact that other charities have come unstuck over rights issues (DPOW Trust and the Franklin Mint...?). From what I remember of the Trusts accounts they were admirably frugal on admin so this is quite a big thing not just taking a punt with funds that could go to better things than making lawyers rich.

02-13-2008, 07:10 AM	#25
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,916	As I have said before ... there is just one accountancy joke: Client: What is 2+2? Accountant: What do you want it to be? I would imagine that the Estate are fairly bullish about this given the legendary scale of US legal fees and the fact that other charities have come unstuck over rights issues (DPOW Trust and the Franklin Mint...?). From what I remember of the Trusts accounts they were admirably frugal on admin so this is quite a big thing not just taking a punt with funds that could go to better things than making lawyers rich. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace