If It Divides by Nine, You Transposed It: Accountant Tee

Real arithmetic, and real lore. When a trial balance is out and the difference divides evenly by nine, two digits have almost certainly been swapped. Write 54 where you meant 45 and you are out by 9. Write 91 where you meant 19 and you are out by 72. It is the first thing an experienced person checks and the last thing a new one learns.

To everybody else this is numerology, a riddle, or something out of a puzzle book. They are certain it is mystical and they have no idea they are looking at a debugging technique that is older than the computers it gets used on.

Set on a ticket headed TRIAL BALANCE, OUT BY 72, which is the worked example from the line itself. This is the deep cut, and it is bought by one accountant for another.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.