On August 23, 2006 at 18:48, GregoriusM said...
It's always very wet where you live, djy. You live in
the UK, remember?
Perhaps you ought to mention that to those who've been suffering water restrictions. As for us, the rain we've had over the past few days is the first for about 3 - 4 months.
PS
And a message from my father-in-law . . .
NEW YORK: 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 set square, a slide rule and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he
believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not
identify the man, who has been charged with carrying weapons of math
instruction.
"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Gonzales said. "They desire 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 it has been determined that 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 three 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."
Here's another angle: maybe they suspected he is also involved in
trigger-nometry.
Last edited by djy
on August 24, 2006 13:54.
