Setting up IP Games XXXIX

[rah]

Well, the other one was getting large, and it seemed a good break point. SO...................

Is it XXXIX or XXXVIIII
I guess I should have paid more attention in school? (yeah right )

Ming, Please close the other one. (Since I CAN"T)

Friday will be here soon.

RAH
It would be nice to have Berz and War4 back.

[DrSpike]

Both Roman numerals are valid, I think, but the first is more common. I guess you may as well prepare yourself now for Aussie lager jokes when the next thread comes along

[rah]

If they're both valid, that would explain why I had problems choosing one. I couldn't picture either of them being wrong. At least the movie XXX didn't come out prior to that thread.

Rich

[-Jrabbit]

XXXVIIII is NOT VALID.

XXXIX is correct.

No wonder you're still a "Vice-"...
(But at least you picked the right one. )

[DrSpike]

Oops.

Perhaps IIX is an alternative to VIII then.......I know there was something like that, with both being valid.

[rah]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
XXXVIIII is NOT VALID.

XXXIX is correct.

No wonder you're still a "Vice-"...
(But at least you picked the right one. )

Luck beats skill.

But some people make their own luck.

Rich

[Hydey]

Only a halfwit would bother to correct you if you got it wrong.

[atawa]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Oops.

Perhaps IIX is an alternative to VIII then.......I know there was something like that, with both being valid.

Nah, IIX doesnt exist either.

atawa 'the halfwit'

[rah]

At least 40 will be easy. XXXX....Doh

I mean XL,


RAH

[DrSpike]

Lol, I was sure there were 2 possibilities for 1 number and there is. I checked a site this morning (yup, pretty sad Hydey, but I had to rescue my flagging reputation ) and IIII was in use before IV became standard. This can apparently be seen on some clocks. I don't think this implies VIIII was ever used before IX though, because it's one extra letter.

[Baron O]

As Graham Chapman of Monty Python used to say when a bit was running too long "This is getting Silly" then walk off.
Enough said

[DrSpike]

Now now Baron o you can't just waltz in here and threadjack and start talking about Monty Python.

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by Hydey
Only a halfwit would bother to correct you if you got it wrong.

Halfwit and close personal friend!

Oh, and Rich -- Can't you get anything right? Everyone knows XL is a shirt size, not a number. (said the halfwit)

Finally, to Baron O -- Unless Ming feels otherwise, we'll decide for ourselves when we've quite well beaten this sufficiently into the ground, thank you.

(+1 for half-defending my halfwitted honor)

[rah]

For the classic "ROMAN NUMERALS 101"

http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/lawrence/romans00.htm

Pretty definative. And it even mentions Old clocks that use the older notation. So I wonder if this the the Site that Spike checked out.

RAH
But yes Barono is correct. Back to CIV

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by rah
For the classic "ROMAN NUMERALS 101"

http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/lawrence/romans00.htm

Pretty definative. And it even mentions Old clocks that use the older notation. So I wonder if this the the Site that Spike checked out.

It was! We live in the age of googlepower.

And now for something completely different..........

P.S Civ rules