Re: OT: New terrorists - Al Gebra

[J. Yazel <jyazel@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:48:13 -0700, "Crash Gordon"
<webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>At New York's Kennedy airport today, 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 Alberto Gonzales 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," Gonzales 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".
>


                Very good. Thanks.

                     Jack