What symbol do you think of when you think of the number four?

thegreatgonzo · 03-01-2016 01:56AM

Menas wrote: »

Timmy was an essential part of the fab five.
Anne was totally dispensable however.

Well she was a bit of a drip but she always remembered to pack the sandwiches and the potted meat. They would have all starved without her.

Bongalongherb · 03-01-2016 01:57AM

This is the symbol I think of when thinking of the number 4. cuneiform.

Senna · 03-01-2016 01:59AM

One in the pink, two in the stink and one for luck

Bongalongherb · 03-01-2016 02:05AM

The other symbol I think of when I think of the number 4...

The King of Moo · 03-01-2016 02:29AM

Bongalongherb wrote: »

The other symbol I think of when I think of the number 4...

This is the one I use because the more common form is too closed off and unwelcoming, and too similar to 9.

03-01-2016 02:40AM

http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/zep4ad.jpg

Antar Bolaeisk · 03-01-2016 02:56AM

A four-sided triangle: ■

starry_eyed · 03-01-2016 03:04AM

Bongalongherb wrote: »

This is the symbol I think of when thinking of the number 4. cuneiform.

Looks like aceeeeeiiid.

Totofan99 · 03-01-2016 05:41AM

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/zep4ad.jpg

I came here to post this. Thank you.

Capt'n Midnight · 03-01-2016 08:37PM

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

A four-sided triangle: ■

pffff.. everyone knows that triangles have just two sides.

The inside and outside.

Andrewf20 · 03-01-2016 08:51PM

Led Zeppelin symbols come to mind that are on their 4th album.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 03-01-2016 09:04PM

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ToddyDoody · 03-01-2016 09:07PM

Fire, Earth, Air and Water?
Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer?

(Some good generic song lyric filler there)

wendell borton · 03-01-2016 09:11PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4omtlg-rWg

ToddyDoody · 03-01-2016 09:13PM

wendell borton wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4omtlg-rWg

A fart noise at the end would make it work..

smurgen · 03-01-2016 09:24PM

4 and D.I use Excel too much.

03-01-2016 09:45PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Fire, Earth, Air and Water?
Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer?

(Some good generic song lyric filler there)

September!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 03-01-2016 10:09PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Isn't IIII also acceptable?

Sorry but here comes the boring stuff.

IV is correct but IIII is used on clock/watch faces for balance and symmetry.
Divide a watch face vertically and exactly 14 Roman characters appear on each side of the dial (left & right). If IV is used, it disrupts the perfect symmetry of the dial.

OK. Done.

Carry on....

GLaDOS · 03-01-2016 10:14PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Isn't IIII also acceptable?

Some clocks which use roman numerals use IIII, though outside of this I don't think it's commonly used.

Edit: balls, beaten to it

take everything · 03-01-2016 10:22PM

A cross

Leroy Brown · 03-01-2016 11:27PM

That's an error.

03-01-2016 11:58PM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I worked for an accountant and trying to figure out his 4 from his 9 was a nightmare.

Your honour.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-01-2016 08:43PM

Patricia Sour Acne wrote: »

Sorry but here comes the boring stuff.

IV is correct but IIII is used on clock/watch faces for balance and symmetry.
Divide a watch face vertically and exactly 14 Roman characters appear on each side of the dial (left & right). If IV is used, it disrupts the perfect symmetry of the dial.

OK. Done.

Carry on....

If you use a dancer's clock to save money on characters you can use & as shorthand for "and" to represent 4.

"& 5 6 7 8"