Accounting and The Bridge on the River Kwai

A quote from the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai that pretty much sums up the accounting profession:

Colonel Green: You were an accountant in Montreal?

Lieutenant Joyce: Yes, sir. Uh, not really an accountant, sir. That is, I didn't have my charter.

Colonel Green: Exactly what did you do?

Lieutenant Joyce: Well, sir, I just checked columns and columns of figures which three or four people had checked before me, and then there were other people who checked them after I had checked them.

Colonel Green: Sounds a frightful bore.

Lieutenant Joyce: Sir, it was a frightful bore.