Flash: Teacher arrested

[Maestro]

Asscroft has just gone too far.

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Teacher arrested Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:38:57 -0400

At Phoenix Sky Harbor 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 acalculator.

At a morning press conference, Attorney General John Ashcroft 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," Ashcroft said. "They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and 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." :)

[Catfight]

1. There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who understand

Math and those who don't.

[clydefrand]

2. Thanks for the levity from a retired teacher!! I love coming to

this site. But I think I spend far tooooooooooooooooo much time sitting in front of this computer enjoying the humor, the bawdiness, the seriousness, the breaking news...Thanks to all who contribute.

:bounce:

[Soloflecks]

3. The case just didn't add up.

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[Immad2]

4. You had me going there for a while

:spank:

[miss_kitty]

5. 'Maestro'-ful n/t

[Champ]

6. You had me til you got to the 2nd paragraph

:)

[JohnnyRingo]

7. Good one.... Thanx.....

....Now I have a few e-mails I gotta send out. LOL

[lapfog_1]

8. This one has been here before

probably more than once. Still funny.

The part that makes it effective is that the first few lines
of the story ARE BELIEVABLE! That they are, and people, even
the lurking freepers here, know they are is what is so so so
sad in our country today. We couldn't have our freedoms taken
from us, we could only give them away.

It's good to have a laugh like this! We need it.
For the fight to take back our freedoms has only just begun.