A public school teacher was arrested today at Gatwick Airport as he attempted 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, Home Secretary John Reid 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 Metropolitan Police with carrying weapons of maths instruction.
"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Reid said. "They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a 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 co-ordinates 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, Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking from his holiday resort before the planes stopped flying, said, "If God had wanted us to have better Weapons of Maths Instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes."
2006-10-27 03:53:40 · 18 answers · asked by Cowboy 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
I thought this was really funny! As for the person who didn't- they probably didn't understand it- or just aren't british
:D
2006-10-27 04:05:15 · answer #1 · answered by Personal Angel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha ha brilliant!
It's a bit like the problem the red indians had when working out which woman to choose. In the end they worked out that material goods were important as well, and that choosing a wife depended what the various women owned. They had a good system in the end though - for example the squaw with the hippopotamus was equal to the sum of the squaw with the other two hides.
2006-10-27 04:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by Will 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Class!
2006-10-27 04:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by tattooedgray 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brilliant!! Cheers!
2006-10-27 04:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by Outsider 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This tickled me. We work in base 12 round our way - it's all the in-breeding.
2006-10-27 09:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by jameshens 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahahaha I like that one, it sounds almost newsish. "Al-gebra" lol
2006-10-27 04:03:22 · answer #6 · answered by bold_artistic_forgiven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like this - I love maths - it got me giggling
2006-10-27 04:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by StephE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love "maths humour"-it was really funny!
2006-10-27 07:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by friendly_220_284 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a very good joke!
2006-10-27 04:33:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
very good,
you just don't work it out with a pencil
-you laugh about it too!
2006-10-27 04:34:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋