An intelligent friend of mine told me the other day that half of twelve was seven. I told him it was six, and tapped it in on my calculator to prove it was, in fact, 6. He then wrote down on a piece of paper how he was right.

What did he write?

(In reply to Roman numerals by Jill)

Jill, try not to give away the solution to a puzzle in the subject line of a comment.  It can ruin it for those who are attempting it.

Posted by john on 2005-03-01 20:53:16