I was flipping through an ancient issue of Readers' Digest (Jan '96) a while ago... there's nothing else to do, it's 1 am, and we've got visitors that haven't left - yet. :)
Anyway, I came across this joke and it just cracked me up, I *had* to post it here:
1960s Arithmetic test: A logger cuts and sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is four-fifths of that amount. What is his profit?
'70s new-math test: A logger exchanges a set (L) of lumber for a set (M) of money. The cardinality of Set L is 100. The Set C of production costs contains 20 fewer points. What is the cardinality of Set P of profits?
'80s "dumbed down" version: A logger cuts and sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost is $80, his profit is $20. Find and circle the number 20.
'90s version: An unenlightened logger cuts down a beautiful stand of 100 trees in order to make a $20 profit. Write an essay explaining how you feel about this as a way to make money. Topic for discussion: How did the forest birds and squirrels feel?
By the way, our guests just departed. It is 1:23 am.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Hehe hoo hoo haha!
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Hehe, funny stuff...
Millenium Version:
A logger cuts down a tree to make a $20 profit. The world is about to end, apparently, thanks to the Y2K glitch. Explain how that $20 seems to be useless and how the forest birds and squirrels will rule the world.
And post 9/11:
A logger cuts down twenty trees and ships them off to Iraq for $100.
(a) Name one secret terror organization that could be funding him, and
(b) determine the possibility of using those logs in terror attacks?
Haha, that one was good.
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