Greater or Lesser than ?

[Miss Demeanour]

There has been some debate here this morning over how best to remember which way round the greater than and lesser than symbols go 

I don’t have a problem with this but one of the blokes was detailing how he was taught that it was the shark’s mouth heading towards it’s prey which confuzzled me mostly.

[Uncle Mort]

or crocodiles:

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year4/greater_than/start.htm

[Snoopy]

"Greater" points the way ahead whereas "Lesser" points to where you have been.

Nice however to see that work in the public sector is so concerned with such trivia.

[Miss Demeanour]

It was actually for trying to extract some data from a database and you had to use these symbols to specify a date range ...he was not having much success 

[Snoopy]

Explain it to them this way:
Your current pension arrangements >
Your future pension arrangements <
 

[Miss Demeanour]

 

You are being most helpful this morning 

[Snoopy]

You are being most helpful this morning 

I do my best to serve 

[Pastis]

It begs the question why a certain insurance company chose to call themselves MORE TH>N as opposed to LESS TH<N   

[Darwins Selection]

It begs the question why a certain insurance company chose to call themselves MORE TH>N as opposed to LESS TH<N   

Or even FEWER TH>N? 

[Nick]

Could be either, depending on countability 

[Miss Demeanour]

Aren't you out to  lunch ???

[Snoopy]

Aren't you out to  lunch ???

Euphemism # 9876589932?

[Nick]

Aren't you out to  lunch ???

Dinner    Leaving shortly

[Barman]

Explain it to them this way:
Your current pension arrangements >
Your future pension arrangements <