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Re: Breaking News....
From: Sam Lyness
Date: 2021 Feb 28, 11:15 -0500
From: Sam Lyness
Date: 2021 Feb 28, 11:15 -0500
Hewitt, thanks for the chuckle. Looks like you are continuing to live a cheerful life. Best regards, Sam Lyness On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 5:47 PM Hewitt Schlerethwrote: > > FUNNY! I'm forwarding to several old old friends > > On Feb 23, 2021, at 7:20 AM, Greg B wrote: > > > > HEADLINE NEWS: A school teacher was arrested early today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, an ancient wooden device called a "slide-rule" as well as a code device that he claimed was a calculator. > > At a morning press conference, the Attorney General said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction. > > "Al-Gebra is a problem for us," the Attorney General said. "Al-Gebra has terrorized many young people for years. They derive solutions by means and extremes and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'X' and 'Y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns." > > > >