I hate percentages

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  1. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

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    You've got two bottles, a litre bottle and a 750 millilitre bottle. The litre bottle holds 33.333...% more than the 750 ml bottle, but the 750 ml bottle holds 25% less than the litre bottle.

    Fractions are just as bad. The 750 ml bottle is three quarters the size of the litre bottle, but the litre bottle is a third bigger.

    What?
     
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    Do the contents of both bottles get you drunk?

    If so, happy days and **** the percentages/fractions.
     
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    Are you 100% sure about this?
     
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    Jay, when you pour the contents into a glass, is it half full or half empty?
     
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    Neither, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be
     
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    You an engineer ?
     
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    Yep, wonder how you guessed?
     
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    I'll bet your knackered when we you get on to geometry and measuring the angle of the dangle then.
     
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    Also, the VAT part of a price which includes VAT at 20% is 16.66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666667%. Roughly.
     
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    They're different sums though so bound to be different. What's to hate? Same with VAT. I don't get what you mean.
     
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    You've really got to learn to not take posts so seriously and see them as a bit of fun.
     
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    I do. I don't really take anything seriously. Not offended by anything. Too laid back I am told.
     
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    What's the percentage chance of Hemmsy talking sense, just once during a thread......then multiply that by the percentage chance of someone taking the pi55 out of him......then half it.......add on your birthday.......multiply this number by the number of times TK puts a **** cross in.......minus the length of JOB's beard.......add on the estimated length of M'Voto's ****........what's yer answer?
     
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    You don't say what's in the bottles. This could have a significant bearing.
     
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