Random Thought: fifty (50)

I always wonder why people still write a number as a word followed by the number in brackets. For example fifty (50), the only reason I can think of for this is that back in the day before Arial, when people still used clay tablets, it may have been difficult to read other peoples hand writing (ie monkey scratch) But now, in a digital age, I find it insulting to see the fifty (50) used. 

Do you know why? It is because I do th exact same thing, when I believe I am writing to a complete idiot, someone I do not believe can read or understand basic ideas like numbers and values. I use it, so I have written  proof that I believe the reader is an absolute idiot and requires that I write something twice for them to understand.

Now the next time you see this on the web, think. Is the author trying to imply, that I, the reader, am a complete idiot? Do all my shirts have built in bibs? Am I Julius Malema? For my and your sake, I hope this is not the case. Instead I propose tat is in fact he author of the article that may need help sitting in a chair and not voiding his bowels. I really did not Julius Malema had a blog, he is clearly just free lancing and every time yo see fifty (50) you will know it is him, after all he has a lot of debts, that are clearly not being met by his day job.