---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nancy McCammon-Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:02 PM Subject: Fwd: Teacher Arrested To:
> > > > > > 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, 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 that 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.' > > White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more > intelligent or profound statement by the President. They apparently > forgot > about the time when George W. Bush said, "Rarely is the question asked: > Is our children learning?" > >
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