On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:49:42 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 21-Jul-08 16:51, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:44:42 -0300, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> 
>>> Youth (as they say) is
>>> wasted on the young.
>> 
>> I prefer ZBIV's quote "Life is wasted on the living." ;-)
>> 
> Me too, but I though it too obscure to quote. BTW does any native
> English speaker know if this should have been ZBIVth? Just curious.

As an abbreviation, ZBIV would be fine, "IVth" isn't a construct I've 
ever seen - for someone who is the fourth in a line, "First Last IV" is 
how I believe it would be written. :)

And *nothing* from H2G2 is too obscure for some of us.  It all depends on 
just how hoopy you are. ;-)

Jim

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