Not sure why for me; everybody has got caught up in those at some point.
Last strike was Mar2020 
Marking runways with Roman numerals would possibly increase the requirements to become a pilot a lot, few people seem to understand them these days. And runways would have to be wider to fit in all the markings.
“CLEARED to land runway XXVIII”
Related to this is the pilot who landed on runway 10
I am about to laugh but having landed on grass taxiway between two grass runways I am not entitled to this one
I think now they repainted them, ATC seemed used to it
At least you didn’t land on the medieval runway 200.
I think that one was too tight for the Archer and already occupied, well painted though a bit like “reserved VIP table”
Nova 851: “Halifax Terminal, Nova 851 with you out of 13,000 for 10,000, requesting runway 15.”
Halifax Terminal (female): “Nova 851, Halifax, the last time I gave a pilot what he wanted I was on penicillin for three weeks. Expect runway 06.”
