On a happier note, this just in from the department of homeland security. Not really though but it’s pretty funny. As you should be able to tell it’s a little old. So sue me, actually don’t.
At Phoenix Sky Harbor airport today, an individual later discovered to
be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while
in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and
a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General John
Ashcroft said he believes the man is a member of the notorious
al-gebra movement. He is being charged by the FBI with carrying
weapons of math instruction.
Al-gebra is a fearsome cult,” Ashcroft said. “They desire average
solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a
search of absolute value They use secret code names like ‘x’ and ‘y’
and refer to themselves as ‘unknowns’, but we have determined they
belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with
coordinates in every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used
to say, “there are 3 sides to every triangle”.
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, “If God had
wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have
given us more fingers and toes.”
