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RE: Your Friday Chuckle - Every Day Of The Week
8/4/2010 6:02:40 PM
The History of Teaching Math in America. (And may I say in every other part of what used to be considered as the civilized world!)


Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging form my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried.
Why do I tell you this?

TEACHING MATH IN 1950:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

TEACHING MATH IN 1960:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

TEACHING MATH IN 1970:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?

TEACHING MATH IN 1980:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

TEACHING MATH IN 1990:
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20.

What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers).

TEACHING MATH IN 2009:
Un hachero vende una carretada de Madera pare $100. ¡El costo de la producción es $80….
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RE: Your Friday Chuckle - Every Day Of The Week
8/4/2010 8:02:53 PM
Hey Robert,
This one is depressing and so damn true. It's a world wide problem and it'll get worse before it gets better.
Shalom,
Peter

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The History of Teaching Math in America. (And may I say in every other part of what used to be considered as the civilized world!)


Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging form my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried.
Why do I tell you this?

TEACHING MATH IN 1950:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

TEACHING MATH IN 1960:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

TEACHING MATH IN 1970:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?

TEACHING MATH IN 1980:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

TEACHING MATH IN 1990:
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20.

What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers).

TEACHING MATH IN 2009:
Un hachero vende una carretada de Madera pare $100. ¡El costo de la producción es $80….
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RE: Your Friday Chuckle - Every Day Of The Week
8/5/2010 5:16:01 AM
Hi All,

This one's very cute and a true story no less. :)

Shalom,

Peter


 
Subject: Worst first date award

This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not!!! We have
all had bad dates but this takes the cake.Jay Leno went into the audience to find the
most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had.

The winner described her worst first date experience.There was absolutely no question
as to why her tale took the prize!

She said it was midwinter...Snowing and quite cold... And the guy had taken
her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah . It was a day trip
(no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before.

The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late
that afternoon.They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to
realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away
from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion
suggested she try to hold it, which she did for awhile. Unfortunately, because
of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he
had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of
his car.

They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down
and started. In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt
rest against the rear fender to steady herself.Her companion stood on the side of the car
watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she
could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the
situation.

Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she
bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly
glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately
came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was
quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold.

Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered
her date's concerns about' what is taking so long' with a reply that indeed, she
was 'freezing her butt off' and in need of some assistance! He came around the
car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked
imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and
when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma.
Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a
real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks
from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the
predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one
way to get her free.

So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to unzip his
pants and pee her butt off the fender.

As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands
down. Or perhaps that should be 'pants down. ' And you thought your first date was
embarrassing. Jay Leno's comment...'This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.'

Oh, and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting
next to her on the Leno show.

If you laughed at this, pass it on. If you didn't laugh, you need a better
sense of humor.
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RE: Your Friday Chuckle - Every Day Of The Week
8/6/2010 8:01:47 AM
Hello Friends,

No additional comments necessary for the below picture of B Hussein and Michelle. Hmmm, maybe just one. This might be the way they pledge allegiance to the flag in the 57th state that B Hussein visited during his campaign trek.

Shalom,

Peter

DING BAT AND DUMBO

I can’t believe these two! Amazing!

YOUR RIGHT HANDS DUMBO!!!!!!!!

Gotta be the dumbest fools to ever hold the office of President,

anywhere. How embarrassing to have this as our President and

first lady? When you've never done the pledge allegiance,

you don't know what to do! Must be the Muslim way.

At first I thought the picture was reversed, but the wedding

rings indicate that it’s right. (Unless they have them on the

wrong hands too.)

I am so embarrassed to know that this is our President.

Oh my, what have they done to us? How could someone vote

for him? It's in Gods hands now. No, it's in our hands,

November 2010 & 2012!!

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RE: Your Friday Chuckle - Every Day Of The Week
8/6/2010 8:08:15 AM
Hi All,
This one is to cute not to post.
Shalom,
Peter

Gynecological Visit
A middle-aged woman seemed sheepish as she visited her gynecologist.


"Come now," coaxed the doctor, "you've been seeing me for years. There's nothing
you can't tell me."

"This one's kind of strange," the woman said.

"Let me be the judge of that," the doctor replied.

"Well," she said, "yesterday I went to the bathroom in the morning and heard a
plink-plink-plink in the toilet. When I looked down, the water was full of pennies."

"I see," commented the doctor calmly.

"That afternoon, I went to the bathroom again and, plink-plink-plink, there were
nickels in the bowl," the woman continued.

"That night," she went on, "I went again, and plink-plink-plink, there were dimes.
This morning, there were quarters!"

"You've got to tell me what's wrong with me!" she implored. "I'm scared out of my
wits!"

The gynecologist put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "There, there, it's nothing
to be scared about," he said.

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(I'm warning you.....)



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(Still not too late.....delete now!)


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"You're simply going through the change!"

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