Weapons of Math Instruction

Here’s a little humor for this Thursday night. I got this from a co-worker, and even though it mocks my man Bush and his crew, it’s still humorous, so I thought I’d post it.

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, 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 saidThey 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.”

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3 Responses to “Weapons of Math Instruction”

  1. rachel August 5, 2005 at 20:51 #

    i’ve read that before. i believe it comes from the onion, my favorite source of fake news.

  2. Jeremy August 6, 2005 at 01:40 #

    Well, it didn’t make fun of him as bad as the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival did!

  3. Chris August 6, 2005 at 11:27 #

    No kidding! They were really ripping on him and republicans.