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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumsit's long past time to lose the the roman numerals to designate SBs
discuss.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)obscure acronyms that only a handful of people have a clue as to what they mean
Chan790
(20,176 posts)I'd go so far as to posit that anybody that doesn't know it or can't figure it out is assuredly a first-class dolt functionally-oblivious to American culture.
Edit: or a poorly-prepared foreign operative.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)San Bernardino? Santa Barbara? Soft Bank? Smith Barney? Strontium Bromide? Someone's Butt?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Seriously, are any of those other things you named numbered by Roman numerals?
Context clues, I learned about them when I went through language school.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)But the last time I paid any attention to it was the MCMLXXIII game when the Redskins got beat by the Dolphins, so it's not really at the front of my mind anymore.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)They prepared me just fine. The last, what do you call it, football game I went to was in Mother, um, Florida in my school from which I graduated. I can show you of the certificate. Imbecile.
Honestly, I didn't know the acronym. I wrote my comment before reading on and frankly, I think mine is funny enough. Maybe not hilariously funny, but it's just the lounge, right?
mokawanis
(4,455 posts)and I still don't know what it means.
mykpart
(3,879 posts)why not express the number in binary?
lastlib
(23,429 posts)Super Bowl 2F, baby!!
(as opposed to binary--SB-110000)
or how about octal (base 8): SB-60 ?
Socal31
(2,484 posts)And the metric system from drugs.
rug
(82,333 posts)Bucky
(54,129 posts)or at least didn't have a spoon
tavalon
(27,985 posts)unsure of what the hell you are talking about......
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Yavin4
(35,459 posts)lastlib
(23,429 posts)(I'm still working on 1963.....)
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Martinis?
Because after about 3 martinis numbers all look like that to me too...
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)I am quite sure I embarrassed my father last weekend when I asked him what teams had made it to the SB. Since I am a man and am expected to love all sports, even the silly artificial ones that are more equipment than people.
All these years of SB mania have finally convinced me that football is a stupid and boring sport.
I do like roman numerals though.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Tell me, do you like pie? Is apple your favorite? How do you feel about moms, in general?
How do you play with a Roman numeral? Do they wear helmets? Are there balls involved?
Do you like chips and salsa?
kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)Football boring. Boooooooorrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg. I'll be so glad when the season is over so I don't have to hear a damn thing about football.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,406 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Super Bowl XX
DA BEARS!!!!!
madinmaryland
(64,934 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,626 posts)L and then change.......
pinboy3niner
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