tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 06 15:40:55 2000
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Re: RE: *Millennium*
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: *Millennium*
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:39:02 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:47:14 -0800 cvoc7
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ## For the celabration of the Millennium the way years are counted is by the
> dedgits thus the 70's 80's 90's. ##
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Paige [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 2:27 PM
> To: Klingon Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject: *Millennium*
>
>
> QIpwI'pu'vaD *millennium* DaQIjmeH lutvam Dalo'laH:
>
> mangghom Daghaj. tlheghmey chenmoH negh. wa'SaD mang ngaS Hoch tlheghmey.
> tlhegh wa'DIchDaq negh tItogh. nuQ mang Qav mI'? wa'SaD! DaH, tlhegh
> cha'DIch negh tItogh. nuQ mang Qav mI'? cha'SaD! nuQDaq bItogh? tlhegh cha'!
> tlhegh wejDIchDaq Datoghbe'.
>
> pItlh.
>
> -------------------------
> Here is a story that you can use to explain the millennium to morons:
>
> You have an army. The soldiers form lines. Every line has 1000 soldiers.
> Count the soldiers in the first line. What is the last soldier's number?
> 1000! Now, count the soldiers in the second line. What is the last soldier's
> number? 2000! Where are you counting? The second line! You are not counting
> the third line.
>
> Say'IluD
> vIt, batlh, yIn
By that logic, your first year begins when you are one year old.
So, I guess you must be born a year old. That, or the year
before your first birthday somehow didn't happen. It must be one
of those little warps in the space-time continuum that happens
so commonly in the Star Trek universe...
charghwI'