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Sharing the Pain

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 11:08am on 2003-06-05

Not sure where this originally came from, but I got it from [livejournal.com profile] xpioti. Sharing the brain-ouch with folks not already reading her journal, 'cause I'm mean that way:

Denver, CO (UPI) - At Denver International Airport today, an individual later discovered to be a university professor from Boulder, Colorado, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a compass, a protractor, and a graphing calculator. Authorities believe he is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction.

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posted by [identity profile] fiannaharpar.livejournal.com at 08:05am on 2003-06-05
*falls over laughing*
Brilliant!
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posted by [identity profile] ysabel.livejournal.com at 08:36am on 2003-06-05
My first thought was, "You know, I could almost see that happening, especially at DIA."
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Hey, mathemagician!

posted by (anonymous) at 10:18am on 2003-06-05
It's a good thing you don't travel by air very much, eh? ;)

?!
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groan

posted by [identity profile] coginthenose.livejournal.com at 04:58pm on 2003-06-05
Angie
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posted by [identity profile] speaker2animals.livejournal.com at 09:46pm on 2003-06-05
Guess where the word Algebra came from ...

:-)
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 05:12pm on 2003-06-06
*nod* One thing I wondered when I first saw the joke was how many people reading it knew that algebra was really an Arabic word, not just a word you could make sound Arabic. Then I tried to figure out whether it was funnier knowing that or not knowing it, and couldn't decide.
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posted by [identity profile] butterfluff.livejournal.com at 12:35am on 2003-06-06
The earliest version I ran into of this is an Iraqi teacher, and not at an airport. Then it moved to Heathrow. It doesn't surprise me that it has moved to the States.

<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=utf-8&th=c7b8cb047832f1d1&rnum=1">Google Groups has some embellishment on it. Weapons of mass destraction. Heh.
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