One hundred and ten percent..!

[MrGeresHamster]

AIBU that my skin crawls everytime I hear someone say 'one thousand percent', 'one hundred and ten percent' and all other impossible use of mathematical percentages...?

I'm going to have to hide this thread in case DH happens across it... you'd never get rid of him .

I think it's possible to give it 110%, if a worker starts working unpaid overtime of 10% FT. :o

ugh i was annoyed to hear a nasa guy say on a scale of 1 to 10 its a 20.
Was it the same guy who crashed a Mars probe? :o

pmsl @ son of 36 months wtf. Cracks me up every time.

Next time I am asked my age I will say 572 months.

I have never been told the less/fewer rule - can someone explain?

And also it is rare to give a task 100% even. I am sure we all could squeeze out a little more if we were honest. So we should say, I gave it 95% or something.

Spuddy - you'd say 'fewer cans of petrol' because you can count them, but 'less petrol' as an amount, for example.

Oh i see - cheers. :)

I'll try to remember that.

So the ten items or less check out should really say ten items or fewer?

the check out sign should indeed say 'fewer', but mostly it's ignored.

I need to accept other peoples faults. Or so the magistrate advised me as he issued the restraining order.

thecunningstunt

""26" months...they are 2!!!"

ha ha wasn't this thread about maths