Four is half of five

Riddle - I love riddles
@MarkyB21 (1545)
April 18, 2007 8:48am CST
Four is half of five. True or false? Why?
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kamran12
@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
18 Apr 07
As this is a riddle, so i can say that four is half of five:-) Actually "FIVE" has four letters and the middle two letters i.e. "IV" is the roman expression for FOUR (4). so in this way,yes, four is half of five. Am i right!?
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MarkyB21
@MarkyB21 (1545)
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18 Apr 07
Yes, you are right. As you say it's a riddle not a maths problem!
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APMorison
@APMorison (424)
• United States
19 May 07
well done kamran12 - you beat me to the board with it! that will teach me to sleep ;)
kamran12
@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
21 May 07
Thanks for best response, MarkyB21! And thanks for your appreciation, drsanjeeva, APMorison and bianroxas:-)
mssnow
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
22 May 07
all depends on how many halves you have. Yes i saw the answer on the first response. i just wanted to be funny :P:P
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