Al-gebra

[JacquesL]

Trouvé en février 2006 sur sci.math, par Stéphane M., ce drôle de texte :

They say that 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 Alberto Gonzalez said
he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. The
FBI
is charging him with carrying weapons of math instruction.

"Al-gebra is a fearsome cult," Gonzalez said. "They desire average
solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a
search for 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 medieval 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, President Bush said, "If God had
wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have
given us more fingers and toes."

[JacquesL]

Dans le même ordre d'idées (davantage d'orteils et davantage de doigts), c'est grâce à la Suède et aux suédois, que nos enfants apprennent à l'école à compter suédois.
(de l'homme qui a la bouche tellement croche, qu'il parle en italiques : Jean Chrétien).