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110%????

  • 07-11-2005 9:06am
    #1
    Sammyjo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭


    Ok, is it just me (and i know its really trivial!), or does anyone else get really annoyed when people say things like, "i gave it 110%", or "he's committed 1000%"? That defeats the whole purpose, as then surely you could say 1 million per cent or 1 billion per cent. i just think 100% is 100% and thats the most per cent that can be part of anything. anyone else get annoyed about that???


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  • #2
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    All these pointless threads cropping up in AH is what's annoyting me atm.


  • #3
    dundalk cailin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭dundalk cailin


    doesnt bother me that much, but if someone has a tendancy to use those phrases a lot, that bugs me! its a common enough saying though so i dont pass much remarks


  • #4
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Where the heck is giblet when you want him!


  • #5
    Prior Of Taize
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Prior Of Taize


    :v:


  • #6
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Have you never done maths or accountancy or anything else that involves numbers? Figures are always expressed in terms of % over the 100.


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  • #7
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Prior Of Taize wrote:
    :v:

    he's on pills? :eek:


  • #8
    Sammyjo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Sammyjo


    sorry guys didnt mean to put up a pointless thread. i just heard it so often over the weekend that it was really annoying me and had to bring it up.

    sorry tho :(


  • #9
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Sammyjo wrote:
    Ok, is it just me (and i know its really trivial!), or does anyone else get really annoyed when people say things like, "i gave it 110%", or "he's committed 1000%"? That defeats the whole purpose, as then surely you could say 1 million per cent or 1 billion per cent. i just think 100% is 100% and thats the most per cent that can be part of anything. anyone else get annoyed about that???
    Just thinking about this.....
    Who is to say 100% is all you can give?
    It may be all you can give at a current time, but through training etc... you may be able to give more at a later date.
    For example... an athlete can well say "I'm gonna give 110%" when being interviewed for a race if they have now adopted a new training regime where they see a decrease in their times from the previous race and now think they can go faster.
    It depends what the base setting is...


  • #10
    penguinbloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭penguinbloke


    personally I don't think it should be used unless somebody succeeds while doing lasting damage to themselves.

    :v: <- he just hasn't been the same since his wife left.


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