A Terriost
05-02-2007, 10:27 PM
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A Terriost
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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
calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales 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," Gonzales 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 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."
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
calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales 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," Gonzales 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 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."
05-03-2007, 04:43 AM
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Positive points for math joke, negative points for English/spelling of terriost.
AHEM: don't read the next post unless you want the answer.
For other math fun, try this: a 5 digit number, when multiplied times 4, results in the 5 digit product having all of the same digits of the original number, but in exact reverse order. What is the original number? The first digit cannot be a zero.
You may time yourself on the solution.
For those trying it, you only need to know adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division of whole numbers.
the
answer
is
in
the
next
post.
AHEM: don't read the next post unless you want the answer.
For other math fun, try this: a 5 digit number, when multiplied times 4, results in the 5 digit product having all of the same digits of the original number, but in exact reverse order. What is the original number? The first digit cannot be a zero.
You may time yourself on the solution.
For those trying it, you only need to know adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division of whole numbers.
the
answer
is
in
the
next
post.
