With that, he scribbled in an additional ninety thousand dollars on the estimate, which had waxed to the girth of the Talmud while rivaling it in possible interpretations.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes an invoice that became absurdly complex and large.
- In plain terms
- A price estimate grew huge and hard to understand like a religious text.
- What can you take from it?
- Estimates can grow beyond reason.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you spot inflated bills?
- When did a bill surprise you?
Another view
Real bills rarely rival religious texts in complexity.
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