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WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:54 am

It does my head in when people use this phrase "we'll have to give 110%" what the f**k is 110% and how can you give more than the maximum, whys top at 110% why not give 200%, what a load of bollox, almost as bad as signs saying prices from, and then finding out the price from was available at at 2 am last Thursday and now the nearest price is twice as much.

Re: WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:03 am

Well it's good to see you gave 110% in compiling this post and probably 200% in making sure you didn't repeat it twice over Gwyn ;)

Good effort and concentration, well played :ayatollah:

In fairness I suppose they're trying to say by giving 110% they went the extra mile over and above what is expected as a very good 100% performance. I do agree though that when terms such as 150% plus start getting spewed out it is annoying.

P.S. If I were you Gwyn I'd be trying 110% to get a new phone with a bigger keyboard :lol:

Re: WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:06 am

It's like that with tyres. You always see an ad for "Tyres from £15". Yet when you go in there your tyres are £50. I've had loads of different cars, some with small tyres, some with big tyres and some in between. I've never had the one's that are £15, they've always been the £50 ones. They must have an old tyre there that doesn't actually fit anything anymore. It came off an old Morris Miner or something.

As for the 110% thing Gwyn. Most footballers struggle counting to ten so it doesn't suprise me they fall over with percentages. :lol:

Re: WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:07 am

A week in Florida from £299, you must swim over, sleep on the beach and take your own sarneys, but we do flights and hotels from £2,000.00.

Re: WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:09 am

i remember you having a moan about this before. i agree 110% it gets on my tits :)

Re: WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:10 pm

Here's a little maths which might prove helpful.
What makes life 100%?
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
Then:
H A R D W O R K = 8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98%
K N O W L E D G E = 11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96%
But,
A T T I T U D E = 1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100%
And,
B U L L S H I T = 2 21 12 12 19 8 9 20 = 103%
So, it stands to reason that hard work and knowledge will get you close, attitude will get you there, and bullshit will put you over the top.
But, look how far ass kissing will take you.
A S S K I S S I N G = 1 19 19 11 9 19 19 9 14 7 = 118%
So the next time someone asks you to give more than 100%, you know what is required of you

Re: WHAT THE FECK IS 110%

Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:24 pm

BigGwynram wrote:It does my head in when people use this phrase "we'll have to give 110%" what the f**k is 110% and how can you give more than the maximum, whys top at 110% why not give 200%, what a load of bollox, almost as bad as signs saying prices from, and then finding out the price from was available at at 2 am last Thursday and now the nearest price is twice as much.


One of those days Gwyn? :lol: