What are the dangers of Al-gebra and the use of weapons of math instruction?

[Cyrus]

Teacher Arrested...

At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a
public school teacher was arrested trying 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 is being charged by the
FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.

Al-gebra is a fearsome cult," a Justice Department spokesman said. "They
desire average solutions by means and extremes, an d 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"

Ha, I got this email today from a friend. It's good for a chuckle.

 

[Manchot]

Interestingly enough, the word "algebra" comes from the Arabic word al-ǧabr, so calling it "al-gebra" isn't too far off.

 

[Cyrus]

Thats why its called a pun.

 

[BobG]

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

I agree completely!

Oh, and just for the record, I was no where near New York City.

 

[Astronuc]

Oh, and just for the record, I was no where near New York City.

But, you could have been. You were already in the country, and you had access to a car with which you could have driven to the local airport, and taken a flight to NY City. Very suspicious if you ask me. And the very fact that you mentioned New York City proves that you know something about it.

And why do need so many sliderules?

 

[Gale]

wasn't this already posted on here before?

 

[Astronuc]

wasn't this already posted on here before?

Déjà Vu, all over again. I think we've been here before.

 

[Cyrus]

wasn't this already posted on here before?

...oops :shy:

 

[Gale]

gooooood job. its in the jokes thread. how could you not have read the jokes thread?

 

[Cyrus]

Its 23 pages long, I ant reading 23 pages of jokes.

 

[scott1]

On another note: there are no weapons of math desturaction in Iterangal.

 

[Cyrus]

gooooood job. its in the jokes thread. how could you not have read the jokes thread?

Its not in the jokes thread, I could not find it.

 

[Gale]

Its not in the jokes thread, I could not find it.

no? try the top of page 9.

 

[Cyrus]

damn you woman... (shakes my fist at gale)

 

[mattmns]

OLD! Man I remember hearing this well over a year ago, damn!

Thread LOCKED!

 

[franznietzsche]

Old, but mildly amusing. And its Al-jabr you infidel.