Bound and Gagged by Dana Summers for March 07, 2023

They already ate

I was born in MCMXLV (1945) I learned Roman numeral way back in grade school.

I remember learning Roman numerals back in second grade, and I hadn’t gotten good at it when the teacher called on me to ask what a certain number was. I knew if I counted I would have the right number so that’s what I did in my head, and she thanked me for cheating. She wasn’t really grateful of course.

While working in a grocery store deli a person came up and asked for 150 grams of salad. I replied, “Hey, we’re not drug dealers.” It was at that point that my boss took over and asked him how much that is in imperial measurements. (About 1/3 lbs, as it turns out.)

Numerus octo?

The only time every year that Roman Numerals come into play is the Superbowl.

I recently learned that many clocks and watches use IIII rather than IV. Big Ben is one exception.

Funny!

I did not get it. Is it that 8 (VIII) sounds like ate?

Roman numerals are fun (for everything but fractions). Class of MCMLXVII

They all look confused, guess they don’t know roman numerals.

Romans gave us a lot of wonderful things. But, numbers was not one of them. They had no zero, no negative numbers, and did you ever try to add or subtract (not to mention multiple or divide) with Roman numerals.

X marks the spot where someone tried the XXL, passed out, and needed an IV. They LIV to tell about it, saying it was “MMMM” good!!