His confusion is understandable: Frank showed Ernest a concrete and told him it represented nothing, an abstract. A hard concept to grasp, but not as hard as it used to be, when one studies our current political system
Something I saw in a history program on TV: In Spain, a Muslim was helping a Christian translate some astronomy texts from Arabic to Spanish. For some words, they didn’t know the Spanish word, so they used the Arabic word, as “azimuth” for example. In reading some digits, the Muslim used “zero.” The Christian asked “How do I write a ‘zero’?” “Draw a hole” was the answer.
waycyber over 6 years ago
explanations came to nought
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 6 years ago
“Now how many fingers am I holding up?”
black_knight15_au over 6 years ago
There’s nothing to it…
waycyber over 6 years ago
Before we got zero from Arabia, we had nothing
sandpiper over 6 years ago
His confusion is understandable: Frank showed Ernest a concrete and told him it represented nothing, an abstract. A hard concept to grasp, but not as hard as it used to be, when one studies our current political system
Gtbank over 6 years ago
This is a good one
joefearsnothing over 6 years ago
So the caveman who invented zero didn’t realize that it might be used as a wheel? “What’s a wheel?”
Earnestly Frank over 6 years ago
Nothing is better!
PoodleGroomer over 6 years ago
The first day with an empty food bowl is zero. By the end of the day, your stomach understands. The next day starts the concept of negative numbers.
ChessPirate over 6 years ago
KLUNK!
“That was one klunk on the head.”
WHIFF!
“That was zero klunks on the head.”
“Now, that I understand!”
dwpbike over 6 years ago
if you are going around in circles, are you going anywhere? cue billy preston
Jogger2 over 6 years ago
Something I saw in a history program on TV: In Spain, a Muslim was helping a Christian translate some astronomy texts from Arabic to Spanish. For some words, they didn’t know the Spanish word, so they used the Arabic word, as “azimuth” for example. In reading some digits, the Muslim used “zero.” The Christian asked “How do I write a ‘zero’?” “Draw a hole” was the answer.
braindead Premium Member over 6 years ago
Think of it as the total number of days that ChickenHawks have actually served in the military.
eb110americana over 6 years ago
Just roll with it.
eb110americana over 6 years ago
There’s nothing to it.