Are you one of those people that graduated "summa cum laude" from college? Would you be able to tell me what "summa cum laude" means? Because it really just sounds like a retarded black guy informing me that "the current summer's semen ejaculations are excessively noisy." Drawing an analogy to the banking bonus, summa cum laude for college graduates is the equivalent of "top bucket" in an analyst class, followed by magna cum laude, then cum laude, and lastly all the losers that don't get bona (I know, I know, the economy...). And yes, "bona" is the appropriate plural for "bonus," and should be a daily reminder that every Latin-based term in popular use could just as easily come from a '70s black porno.
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So for any of the people that throw around "cum laude" or some variation without knowing the meaning, here you go: "
cum laude" is the latin term for "with honor." And that explains why those that graduate "with honors" do so "cum laude." Make sense? It should, since loud ejaculations are how every man becomes honorable in college. I just don't even want to know what my black readers (they exist!) have to say about this.
I raise the topic only because a CFO recently asked me whether I have a Ph.D. in Excel, which eventually led to him asking whether I have any types of cum on my undergraduate degree. No, but that would probably change if I left my degree out while you watch me awesomely build a 5-year quarterly model in only a few minutes.
Anyway, today's lesson is short. The DEGREES function converts radians into degrees. So you can do quick conversions using
=+DEGREES(a*PI()), where "a" is any number. Maybe you'll get lucky and be able to use it on a sell-side for
these guys. Sorry, tomorrow's post will be more educational.
And, just remember, if someone brags to you that they graduated "cum laude," that's like bragging that they won a bronze medal or other type of third place (shit) distinction. Good thing these types of events aren't done "to-the-death," otherwise we would never experience the pleasure of people bragging about 2nd and 3rd place.
TSM,
-F-One
