Friday, August 25, 2006 -
Wow, have I traveled tonight...

... Posted in Spending wayyy too much time on the computer

I was over at Gena's blog, reading her guest-blogger Sprittibee, followed the link to her HSB page, which led me to her Blogspot page, where I started checking out the blogrolls on her sidebar... man, some of those blogs have really creative names!!! One caught my eye (probably because I tend to say it a lot)... Yeah, right, whatever. I couldn't NOT read it. I have no idea who she is (besides being somebody named Beth), but I like her bullet-point run-downs of news items complete with interjected opinions.

Anyway, I found the following on her blog, and wanted to share it. I have no idea who the original author is, or I'd credit it.

NEW YORK -- 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, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez 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," Gonzalez said. "They desire 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."

 

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