Dicey Question

[Whiterook]

OK, a Dicey Question here:

Do you believe we've turned into global idiots, seeing as someone felt it necessary to issue dice with numbers on them, instead of pips?

These actually sell quite well! And I'm not saying specialty die, like 10-sides, etc. I mean the plain 'ol, run of the mill 6-sided white die!

[McCoy]

There's only one way to go with D6's n' that's the way of dots, period...

[Jim O]

Un-friggin' real, but hardly surprising.

Next time you go to a convenience store and the bill is $4.63, pull out a $5 bill and let them ring it up with the change amount, then say "Wait, I have three pennies" and see how hard it is for the clerk to make the correct change.

[Whiterook]

Ha haaaa...that is way too true...unfortunately! Isn't it actually rather scary?

[Jim O]

Scary indeed. That the very basics of arithmetic are beyond the grasp of so many products of US schools does not bode well for the future.

[McCoy]

I recognize that situation. I'm an old store salesman of the old school that over the years have encountered countless of young cashiers that I had to tell how much they should give back when I stod at the opposite side of the desk as a customer.

[Pirate-Drakk]

One could argue that "them ol' finger countin' fools" need the dots instead of them there fancy looking Arabic sympbols...

[Jim O]

I don't know about that P-D. I don't have enough fingers to count to 12...

[Pirate-Drakk]

Originally Posted by Jim O

I don't know about that P-D. I don't have enough fingers to count to 12...

I guess you don't know's them toes!

Or be a 6 fingered mutant...

[Jim O]

I thought about making a comment about being able to count to 11 but this is not an "adult" forum.

On the other hand, I did know a lady with six functioning digits on all four limbs. Most times the extra digit is fairly vestigial and is removed in infancy, but she used all 12 of her fingers.