Jokes and Humor

[Amish Heart]

Ha Ha Not exactly

 

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[LadyLocust]

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I wonder how many under the age of 40 would get this let alone have heard the rhyme.

 

[Caribou]

I wonder how many under the age of 40 would get this let alone have heard the rhyme.

I wonder how many others would recognize the picture or understand the meme without the last line.

 

[jazzy]

im starting to think that when us dinosaurs are gone, humanity wont know what humor is anymore.

 

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[bkt]

I would “guess” that those will the 4 strikes are newer clocks perhaps made in China by 8 year olds who don’t know any different. Historically the correct way is IV meaning 1 less than 5 just as IX is 1 less than 10. Look at the copyright dates in very old books- also Roman numerals

Yes, IV makes sense.

My grandfather's Longines pocket watch has Roman numerals and represents four as IIII. It was made in the 1920's. I doubt we were exploiting Chinese child labor back then.

I think I found the answer to my question: https://www.romannumerals.org/blog/...V,,their sundials and to signify the number 4.

While the correct notation for 4 is IV, Romans originally wrote their numbers based on the additive principle and signified 4 as IIII. The subtractive notation -IV- actually became the standard after the fall of the Roman Empire. Therefore, the Romans initially engraved IIII on many of their sundials and to signify the number 4.

 

[Snowman]

Yes, IV makes sense.

My grandfather's Longines pocket watch has Roman numerals and represents four as IIII. It was made in the 1920's. I doubt we were exploiting Chinese child labor back then.

I think I found the answer to my question: https://www.romannumerals.org/blog/why-do-some-clocks-use-the-roman-numeral-iiii-and-not-iv-16#:~:text=While the correct notation for 4 is IV,,their sundials and to signify the number 4.

Not in a Hospital...!!!

 

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[LadyLocust]

Yes, IV makes sense.

My grandfather's Longines pocket watch has Roman numerals and represents four as IIII. It was made in the 1920's. I doubt we were exploiting Chinese child labor back then.

I think I found the answer to my question: https://www.romannumerals.org/blog/why-do-some-clocks-use-the-roman-numeral-iiii-and-not-iv-16#:~:text=While the correct notation for 4 is IV,,their sundials and to signify the number 4.

I love that sort of stuff!
I was also thinking (not knowing the above) that it could be a hybrid of the tally marks IIII then a strike through to make five. Not correct by what you found but fun that it’s cause us to question it

 

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