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 compass, 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 derive 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 Obama 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. It is believed
that the Nobel Prize for Physics will follow.

Don Foreman wrote:
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 compass, 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 derive 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 Obama 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. It is believed
that the Nobel Prize for Physics will follow.

LOL
That's a keeper Don.


--
John R. Carroll

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

"Don Foreman" wrote in message
...

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

Wes wrote:
Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope
Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

Wes, you've been out of the loop. My Boss dropped a copy of that on my
bench only a few weeks after 9/11.

On 2010-01-10, Wes wrote:
Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

I had this on my algebra wiki page snice 17 Oct 2008. The joke now is
just as funny as when it was first distributed, so nothing wrong with
reposting it.

http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Da...Gebra_movement

In article ,
Don Foreman wrote:

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 compass, 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 derive 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 Obama 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. It is believed
that the Nobel Prize for Physics will follow.

Old joke, nicely refurbed.

Don Foreman wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

No cite but I did hear it about 6 months or so ago.
BUT in any case it can stand being re-told every
month or so to keep it current in our memory. :-)
...lew...

Yeah, Don, same here; first timer also. I guess some of us aren't as well read as others, huh?

Bob Swinney
"Wes" wrote in message ...
Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

Jeeze Don ! Whyn't you check on Iggi's wiki before posting such old, timeworn stuff ?

Bob (can't always tell if stuff is fresh) Swinney
"Ignoramus27261" wrote in message
...
On 2010-01-10, Wes wrote:
Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

I had this on my algebra wiki page snice 17 Oct 2008. The joke now is
just as funny as when it was first distributed, so nothing wrong with
reposting it.

http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Da...Gebra_movement

Robert Swinney wrote:
Yeah, Don, same here; first timer also. I guess some of us aren't as well read as others, huh?

Bob Swinney
"Wes" wrote in message ...
Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope
Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

Finally got out from under that Bush Admin. Rock 'eh? A quick google
found one on Dec 22, 2003. Certainly not the first instance of it.

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:26:23 -0600, "Robert Swinney"
wrote:

Jeeze Don ! Whyn't you check on Iggi's wiki before posting such old, timeworn stuff ?

Bob (can't always tell if stuff is fresh) Swinney
"Ignoramus27261" wrote in message
...
On 2010-01-10, Wes wrote:
Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:24:39 -0800, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

this has been going around for a very long time - maybe some day the guys
who are amused by retooling old jokes will have an original idea? we can
hope

Said deniably to avoid accountability by lid.
Very long time? Cites please?

First time I've heard it. Good one too Don.

Wes

I had this on my algebra wiki page snice 17 Oct 2008. The joke now is
just as funny as when it was first distributed, so nothing wrong with
reposting it.

http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Da...Gebra_movement

I actually did think about Ig when I saw the joke, but didn't think to
check his web page.