# Giving more than 100% (another email) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-more-than-100-another-email/99954 "2002-03-25T04:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-more-than-100-another-email/99954/1 "2002-03-25T04:19:28Z")
I suspect that you will see this going around if you haven’t already, but it is a doper type of joke… Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants over 100%. How about achieving 103%? Here’s a little math that might prove helpful. What makes life 100%? If the alphabet is represented this way: ```auto 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 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, ```auto H A R D W O R K 8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 ``` 98% and ```auto K N O W L E D G E 11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 ``` 96% But, ```auto A T T I T U D E 1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 ``` 100% And, ```auto B U L L S H I T 2 21 12 12 19 8 9 20 ``` 103% So, it stands to reason that hand work and knowledge will get you close, attitude will get you there, but bullshit will put you over the top. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-more-than-100-another-email/99954/2 "2002-03-25T05:10:08Z")
“Hand work” gets me close too but I’d rather not say what puts me over the top… 😉