Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for October 07, 2023

Horace just invented a new Roman numeral: Z, for 1389!

No more wooly jumpers.

Good night horsie. Sweet romantic dreams.

Good night. Sheep well.

So … does z = 1388 or 1389?

Roman numerals are enough to put me to sleep without the sheep.

I searched for historical events of the year 1388. I came up with:

Apr 9 Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army.

Aug 5 Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.

Then I must have dozed off. It really works.

Horace needs a sound machine…

I think “Z” is the Roman Numeral for Bajillion! … or is it Bazillion? … I get the two confused.

Have a blessed weekend my friends b

that was eazy…!

Exhausted, Horace finally gave in to the monotony.

“ASLEEP” ……. ;)

Very funny. You make it look easy. Stop that!

It’s hard to fall asleep with those sheep Roman around.

And when you count to 159, everything CLIX.

sheep well

I don’t speak Roman numerals very well.

Z means sleep as in ZZZZZZZZZ not to be confused with an insect buzzing.

snoring in the key of “z”

Next panel: alarm clock rings, because Horace counted so many sheep that now it’s time to wake up.

I sure miss trying to figure out the Roman numeral copyright date in old movies in the second they stayed on the screen. This was back in the days before freeze-frame was readily available. I got pretty good at it. Another useless skill from the 20th Century. :)