It's a bit of an animal

[Guillaume]

108 is 108% of 100

Yes, but that only works in the ethereal world of numbers... Not in your actual physical reality.

edit: anyway you shouldn't eat these snacks, Jon. Unless you want teh man boobs back.

[manker]

Yes, but that only works in the ethereal world of numbers... Not in your actual physical reality.

Don't talk daft man. If I've got 100 smarties and someone gives me 8 more then I've got 108% of what I started with.

Nothing intangible about that.

[Guillaume]

You're considering the numbers.
You can't increase the percentage of a finished product.
In your smarties example the actual smartie hasn't augmented of 8%

[Jon L. Obscene]

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Jonno

[DanB]

You're considering the numbers.
You can't increase the percentage of a finished product.
In your smarties example the actual smartie hasn't augmented of 8%

In this instance they were comparing the finished product to the starting ingredients, the starting amount of pork was 108% more than the finished article, it is purely a number though just that for informational purposes as required by law

[manker]

You're considering the numbers.
You can't increase the percentage of a finished product.
In your smarties example the actual smartie hasn't augmented of 8%

Of course.

However, you said my example would only work with intangibles, I proved that it would also work with tangibles too.

[Jon L. Obscene]

the starting amount of pork was 108% more than the finished article,

You mean 8% more?

Jonno

[DanB]

wtf? you've managed to confuse me now

[manker]

OK.

To make a pepperami they started off with 108 grammes of pork and 20 grammes of 'other spicy stuff' - making 128 grammes altogether. - call this stage one.

When they treated this mixture it lost around 28 grammes of water through evaporation, making the final weight 100 grammes. - call this stage two.

Then they put the stuff into the packet - stage three.

So the law requires to express the percentages on the packet in terms of the individual componants in stage one.

So the pork = 108 grammes (stage 1) out of a total of 100 grammes (stage 3) = 108%

[DarthInsinuate]

oh, i funderstand now, i'm gonna apply for my free pepperami