come come on, mix in the copernican twist, with some greek to boot, esp. on no. 7, with gamma; let's just say i've heard enough muslims talk, that we europeans owe them the genesis of numbers.*

what are the odds that the number 8,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble B?

what are the odds that the number 1,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble I?

what are the odds that the number 9,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble P?

what are the odds that the number 6,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble b?

what are the odds that the number 2,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble Z?

what are the odds that the number 5,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble S?

what are the odds that the number 3,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble E?

what are the odds that the number 7,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble L?

what are the odds that the number 0,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble O? (squishy squishy,
sit on it, the omicron is practically
a cushion) -

what are the odds that the number 4,
didn't actually originate from
either arabic or hindu -
but from the humble R?

what's the remainder from the roman hydra?

M X V D C -
which in terms of a.d. gives us the year:
MDCXV, the year 1615...
  whatever the hell that means.