Teacher arrested at Australian airport

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  1. JohnO

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    At Sydney 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 compass, a slide rule, and a
    calculator. At a morning press conference, the Australian attorney general said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He is being charged by the Federal Police with carrying weapons of math
    instruction.

    "Al-gebra is a fearsome cult," an Australian Justice Department spokesman said.
    "They desire average 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 we
    have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of evil
    with coordinates 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, Australian Prime minister, John Howard 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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    :lol: I had no idea math was illegal down there :D
     
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    What a calculating group they are!
     
  7. JohnO

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    Groan :)

    We had quite a discussion about the subject, sort of a math debate.

    John
     
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    trying it again Fire Shrimp

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    If you math debate to much you'll need glasses
     
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    How long have you had that lisp? :)

    John
     
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    trying it again Fire Shrimp

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    Lol ...Why did they put a S in a word to describe a speach problem?
     
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    For the same reason that they made dyslexic impossible to spell. abbreviation such a long word and flammable and inflammable to mean the same thing

    John