I had to share this joke that my husband got from one of his breakfast buddies. John teaches remedial math at a community college and his breakfast buddies call him "Professor." One of them once gave him a T-shirt that says "4 of 3 people can't do fractions."
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator. At a morning press conference, the Attorney General said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
"Al-Gebra is a problem for us," the Attorney General said. "They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. 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 use d 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." Republican leader, Dick Cheney, told reporters he could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President.
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator. At a morning press conference, the Attorney General said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
"Al-Gebra is a problem for us," the Attorney General said. "They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. 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 use d 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." Republican leader, Dick Cheney, told reporters he could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President.
Subversives who slowly change society by degrees need watching also.
