Today, at New York's Kennedy airport, an individual, who was later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, protractor, square, slide rule and calculator.
The Attorney General 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", the Attorney General said. "They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent, in search of absolute value. They consist of shadowy figures, with names like 'x' and 'y', and, although they are frequently called 'unknowns'm 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 philosopher 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."
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