Satires: Re: detecting medical isotopes at airport security

[Stewart Farber <farbersa@optonline.net>]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:58:47 -0800, Joel Baumbaugh <baumbaug@NOSC.MIL> 

wrote:



> Ok, ok, you guys asked for this - well, not really, but I can't help 

> myself (no hate mail please)....

>

> Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)

> SSC-SD..

>

>

> Their number's up!

>

> At New York's Kennedy 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.

>

> At a morning press conference, Attorney  general John Ashcroft said he  

> believes the man is a member of the notorious al-gebra movement.

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Hi all:

This satire about al-gebra is clever. It reminds me a little of the Tom 

Lehrer satire titled "New Math" on his 1965 album "This was the Year that 

Was" where he first solves a subtrationn problem in base 10, and then jokes 

that he's going to solve it in base 8. Lehrer quips:



"Base 8 is just like base 10......if you're missing 2 fingers!





Stu Farber

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