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SomeGuy
3rd July 2007, 05:43 AM
God, I love the onion.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31172

They are winning small victories for us skeptics, through humor.
Miss Anthrope
3rd July 2007, 10:03 AM
"We are simply not confident of this mysterious process by which numbers turn, as if by magic, into other numbers," board member Gus Reese said. "Those mathematicians are free to believe 3 times 4 equals 12, but that dun [sic] give them the right to force it on our children."

Sheer beauty, this one.
Locknar
3rd July 2007, 10:07 AM
3 times 4 equals 12? MUST BE A WITCH!! BURN THE WITCH....
Math Maniac
3rd July 2007, 11:22 AM
I remember this one! My wife and I (former math teacher) had many laughs.
Diogenes
3rd July 2007, 11:27 AM
I remember this one! My wife and I (former math teacher) had many laughs.

Former Georgia math teacher ?

Looks like the ruling put a lot of math teachers out of work ...
tsg
3rd July 2007, 11:48 AM
It's like I've always said, sometimes sarcasm and ridicule is a better tool than reason and rationality.
grayman
3rd July 2007, 01:20 PM
I passed this along to friends and family. I wonder how many will think it is real? ;)
tracer
3rd July 2007, 07:14 PM
A similar Onion article:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39512
SomeGuy
4th July 2007, 02:36 AM
Yeah.

There is little doubt on which side of the fence the onion is on.

I really liked the article:

God answers blind boy's prayer!

with the subtitle of:

"No" says God.

eta: linky... and oh it was paralyzed, but not editing to correct my error.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28812