A friend of mine emailed this to me this week and thought I’d share it with you;)

Terrorist Alert - I knew Bush would find a solution!

At New York’s Kennedy International 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 setsquare, a
slide rule, and a calculator.

Attorney General John Ashcroft believes the man is a
member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He is being
charged with carrying weapons of math instruction.

“Al-gebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed,” Ashcroft
said. “They desire average solutions by means and
extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent in a search
of absolute value. They consist of quite shadowy
figures, with names like “X” and “Y “, and, although
they are frequently referred to as “unknowns”, we know
they really belong to a common denominator and are part
of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every
country. As the great 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 weapons of math
instruction, He would have given us more fingers and
toes.”