Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 03, 2013
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Transcript:
Arlo: "X" is ten... Janis: "V" is...fifty? No! Five! Arlo: Yeah, "L" is fifty! Janis: So, "XL" is sixty? Or forty? It's forty! Arlo: "XLV" would be forty-five... Janis: And "XLVII" would be... Arlo & Janis: Forty-seven! Arlo: "Super Bowl L" will be here soon enough!
Quick Sunday trivia, learned at Henry the Eighth’s Hampton Court Palace: when tennis was introduced to England from France, along with its scoring system, the English were still using Roman numerals, which have no zero. The English referred to the French zero used in scoring as “l’oeuf” or “the egg,” given the resemblance. Fast forward a few centuries and “l’oeuf” is now known in tennis as “love.” At least that’s what they tell the tourists at Hampton Court Palace.