:) - Bob
> > 1. Teaching Maths In 1970 > A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. > His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. > What is his profit? > > 2. Teaching Maths In 1980 > A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. > His cost of production is 80% of the price. > What is his profit? > > 3. Teaching Maths In 1990 > A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. > His cost of production is £80. > How much was his profit? > > 4. Teaching Maths In 2000 > A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. > His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20. > Your assignment: Underline the number 20. > > 5. Teaching Maths In 2005 > A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and > inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habit of animals or the > preservation > of our woodlands. > Your assignment: Discuss how might the birds and squirrels feel as the > logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit of £20. > > 6. Teaching Maths In 2009 > A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be > offensive to Muslims or other religious groups not consulted in the > felling > licence. He is also fined a £100 as his chainsaw is in breach of Health > & > Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something. > He > has used the chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however he > does not > have the correct certificate of competence and is therefore considered > to be > a recividest and habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details > circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken > to > court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. > When he is released he returns to find Gypsies have cut down half his > wood > to build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is > arrested, > prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a > further > £100. While he is in jail the Gypsies cut down the rest of his wood and > sell > it on the black market for £100 cash. They also have a leaving BBQ of > squirrel and pheasant and depart leaving behind several tonnes of > rubbish > and asbestos sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure > to > clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. > He > complains and is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the > peace > and invoiced £12000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated > government contractor. > > Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be > arrested > and fined before he realises that he is never going to make £20 profit > by > hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live off the state for the > rest > of his life? > > 7. Teaching Maths In 2010 > A logger doesn´t sell a lorry load of timber because he can´t get a > loan to > buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a > derivative of securitised debt related to sub- prime mortgages in > Alabama > and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few > million > pound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the > biggest > losses. > > The logger stuggles to pay the £1200 road tax on his old lorry however, > as > it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations > and > he is forced to scrap it. > > Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it > back > on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and send their > cash > back home, while claiming unemployment for themselves and their > relatives. > If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport them at > the > governments expense. Following their holiday back home they return to > the > UK with different names and fresh girls and start again. The logger > protests, > is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is on the side of > his > old lorry he is forced to pay £1500 registration fees as a gang master. > > > A+ > jml > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
