A New Terror Cell Uncovered . . .

TEACHER ARRESTED

NEW YORK -- 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 set square,
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.  He is being charged by
the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.

"Al-Gebra is a fearsome cult,"  Ashcroft 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 three 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."