Hi Pete, Had an old colleague of yours Dave Bliss round the other day.I sold him some riding car bogies via E-Bay. Regards Clif ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Sheppard Residence" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 3:28 PM Subject: **SPAM: [modeleng] Humour 100% - YAK (see if this gets past the firewalls!) > Apologies for the language near the bottom, but it spoils the joke if > it's left out. > > Cheers > > Peter > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Have you ever been asked to give 110% ? > > From a strictly mathematical viewpoint, it is possible... they are only > numbers after all. It is easy to ask for 110% of last years sales > performance or 113% of last > years margin contribution..... everyone comprehends that. > > BUT.... What does it mean to GIVE more than 100%? Even wonder about > those people who say that they are giving more than 100%? We have all > been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How > about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? > > Here is a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these > questions: > > 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% > > and > > 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% > > AND.... Look how far ass kissing will get you > > A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G > 1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118% > > So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while Hardwork and > Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it is the > Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top! > Hmmmm > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.