Brother-in-law once saw a cartoon, although he couldn’t find it to show me, where a large, ornate zero is being carried through a large, adoring crowd on a large, ornate sedan chair; the people are bowing to it, dancing before it, throwing garlands of flowers onto it. One bystander asks another, “Is nothing sacred?”
ARF2 over 11 years ago
This would make a good Frank & Earnest gag: Asked, “What was your greatest achievement,” the inventor of zero modestly replies, “Oh, it was nothing…”.
InTraining over 11 years ago
The beginning of the IRS…… ! ! !
rnmontgomery over 11 years ago
And arabic numbers to boot, some culture is not going be happy about this
edpeters over 11 years ago
There are three kinds of people in the World: Those who can count and those who can’t…
hippogriff over 11 years ago
Real Arabic numerals look quite different.
Perkycat over 11 years ago
Thank you! I don’t know what I would do without numbers. Could I have a few more in my bank account please?
Justice22 over 11 years ago
Zero is in the Beetle Bailey cartoon.
rejoiceitellyourejoice over 11 years ago
look in Japan, good thing it was shot down or maybe we’d be speakin Swahili, or Beetle Bailey,
Kerbster over 11 years ago
“Hey, look what happens when I put numbers together. It makes bigger numbers!”
cubswin2016 over 11 years ago
Today’s show is brought to you by the letter “A” and the number “4”.
K M over 11 years ago
Brother-in-law once saw a cartoon, although he couldn’t find it to show me, where a large, ornate zero is being carried through a large, adoring crowd on a large, ornate sedan chair; the people are bowing to it, dancing before it, throwing garlands of flowers onto it. One bystander asks another, “Is nothing sacred?”
danlarios over 11 years ago
did you know roman numerals were made by the romans?? I bet ya didn’t know that?
bmonk over 11 years ago
Looks rather Arabesque to me.
Phosphoros over 11 years ago
I work in a warehouse. I tell our cycle counter lead (continuous inventory counter) that her job… counts! [That was Thaves inspired.]
bmonk over 11 years ago
‘…where’s the “zero”?’
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Zero? That’s nothing!