Mathematicians as terrorists
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 three 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, and it is believed that the Nobel Prize for Physics will follow.
Src: Forwarded email from a close relative. Original ultimate source not given.
March 9th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
I thought this was so funny and you being a mathematician would love this. I also have the same email featured on my current post. It is so mental ninja-ish! Hehehe. How are you? Tsup!
March 10th, 2010 at 10:19 am
i got nervous for a few seconds when i read this. i thought abt you right away and i thought i have to call and warn you but hen i started laughing.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Haha , actually it was Ces who first showed me. I am still looking for the original source.