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# Noons' :D


Inspired by the previous punnage..
(I helped save b3ta! w00tAlohrs Où peux-je cacher ces noix de coco?, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:44, archived)
# Ew - Heman's clutching his number two.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:45, archived)
# haha
Dave's getting all hiphop with the kids (front page of BBC news)
newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47614000/jpg/_47614509_newcameronlong_ap.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:58, archived)
# Davey Cam droppin top style on the grand slam
Pickin up votes like pimpin out bitches Dave Cam's party got the finest stiches which you paid for, mug, 'cos 'ees a robber a teef an you'll know when he's around because he ain't beyond belief.

Or something.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:02, archived)
# I just can't stand that bloke
I mean, I can't stand ANY of them but he's just a twat. I can at least appreciate why people voted for blair the first time, as he came across as being ok, before being outed as a twat. Cameron has skipped that stage.
(I helped save b3ta! Victor Meldrew, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:04, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:46, archived)
# He-Man was well written
It had a super script.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:46, archived)
#
I didn't get the last one either, but woo for He-Man Friday
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:46, archived)
# Deary me...
:)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:47, archived)
# oh lord
*spangs*
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:50, archived)
# The power of two-do?
(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:50, archived)
# oh good lord
TJ for maths people:

if 58% of people read a newspaper in 1994
and only 34% of people read a newspaper in 2008

what is the decline (as a percentage) - my brain says 24% but I bet it isn't

(I last did maths in 1988)
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:54, archived)
# Lobster over Wednesday multiplied by Green.
Take the remainder, multiply the second and invert the answer to get the full, "freshly-washed stoat" feel.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:55, archived)
# this is for a high-level presentation
I don't think they want anything about stoats


I'll put a weasel in
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:58, archived)
# This diagram should help:
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:58, archived)
# ooh
I think stoat will go down better then
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:00, archived)
# And you can tell just by looking that that stoat is freshly washed.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:09, archived)
# I say! :O

Have this pea
(AceFox may contain traces of nut..., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:55, archived)
# 41.4 percent decline
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:56, archived)
# correct
although only about 64% of those who read newspapers in 1994 are still reading newspapers in 2008
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:56, archived)
# Hmmm..
Im guessing perhaps the decline would instead be what percentage of the people who read papers stopped reading them.. so you would need to consider the drop there not just the difference between the two numbers. Don't make me work it out please :P
(I helped save b3ta! w00tAlohrs Où peux-je cacher ces noix de coco?, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:57, archived)
# 58/100 = 0.58
34/0.58 = 58.6206896551724137931034483 (confusingly)
100 - 58.6206896551724137931034483 = 41.3793103448275862068965517, so I guess that's the decline as a percentage.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:57, archived)
# that's what I said, although I rounded up to 41.4
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:59, archived)
# Yeah but you didn't show your working
:P
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:00, archived)
# And I provided my doings.
No wate what's the word ... workings.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:00, archived)
# Well I'm autistic, I have no idea how I got the answer - I just did.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:05, archived)
# oo ta
and thanks monge

(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:05, archived)
#
you're welcome, but I can imagine why you might not have trusted the answer without the doings
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:07, archived)
# no but the question
states 58% and 34% of people - if there are 100 people, 58 of 100 read in 1994 and 34 of 100 in 2008 meaning a drop of 24% - whatever the value is for people is 100%, and the percentage decline relates to this value
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:09, archived)
# wrong
there is a decline of readership of 41.4%
24% less of the population now read a paper
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:14, archived)
# the question doesn't state whether its readership or population
just asks for the decline, so both are right
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:16, archived)
# Mighty Nibus asked for the decline.
And clearly demonstrated the ability to subtract 34 from 58, so I'm pretty sure the answer to his question is 41.4%.
If it's for a presentation, he probably shouldn't say 'it is both 41.4 AND 24 percent'.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:21, archived)
# so because he got 24%
the answer must be 41.4%? Nibus I think he's calling you thick
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:26, archived)
#
okay, let's split the difference - the answer is 32.7%
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:36, archived)
# I can't decide
if you know I'm being silly or if you're getting wound up
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:40, archived)
# I can't decide if you think 32.7 was a serious sugestion :)
edit for clarity: no, I wasn't taking it seriously - I'm glad I correctly assumed that you weren't either.
Nibus clearly lost interest some time ago...
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:41, archived)
# Yep, that could be right too
sometimes I see BBC news articles treat a percentage drop in this way and I get confused, but they're an official national institution and hardly ever make lots of typos so it must be a valid way to do it.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:15, archived)
# the percentage decline is the percentage decline of the percentages.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:15, archived)
# if Percentage Decline is the name of a mathematical rule
then it should have captials, and not be written in lower case where it could be misinterpreted and generalised
I stopped doing Maths after GCSE, but I have an English degree so I'm now attempting to baffle you mathematicians with linguistics
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:25, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:32, archived)
# percentages of percentages
there could be MORE people reading the newspaper, if the population has increased enough

percentages of percentages are always a bit meaningless
(Darth Vodka, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:54, archived)
# HI IM SKELETOR
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:57, archived)