From a forwarded e-mail:
At New York's International Airport today, an individual, later
discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to
board a flight while in the possession of a ruler, a protractor, a
set square, a slide rule and a calculator. Attorney General Ashcroft
believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. The
man is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction.
Al-gebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed, "Ashcroft said. "They
desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off
on a tangent in search of absolute value. They consist of quite
shadowy figures, with names like "X" and "Y," and though they are
frequently referred to as "unknowns," we know they really belong to a
common denominator and are part of the axis of medieval with
coordinates in every country. As the great Greek philanderer,
Isosceles, used to say, "There are three sides to every triangle."
When asked to comment on the arrest, a White House spoke person
said, "If God had wanted us to have weapons of math instruction, He
would have given us more fingers and toes."
heh heh, that's cool.
