This week's Humor & Mystery

Hi everyone,

I hope your week is going well. Here is the humor for this week, sent
to me by May Lee. Sorry if you've seen it already. Please continue to
send me you humorous emails.

In addition to the humor, I would like to ask for your help to help me
in solving a mystery that started this summer. Someone, one of you
perhaps, sent me a postcard from Ottawa this summer, and I can't figure
out who, because I can't read the signature. If you sent me this card
or know who did, please let me know. Here's what is basically on the
card:

"7/19/96
Josh- Hope your summer is going well. Wishing you were with us here in
Ottawa. Great program and people. You can do this. Your friends,
[Unrecognizable Signature]."

Here is the humor below. Enjoy!

>> Algebraic Sociology
>>
>> After applying some simple algebra to some trite phrases >>and
cliches a new understanding can be reached of the secret >>to
wealth
and success.
>>
>> Here it goes.
>>
Knowledge is Power
Time is Money and as every engineer knows, >>
Power is Work over Time.
>>
>> So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn >>bits
of
wisdom,
>> we get:
>> K = P (1)
>> T = M (2)
>> P = W/T (3)
>>
>> Now, do a few simple substitutions: >>
>> Put W/T in for P in equation (1), which yields: >>
>> K = W/T (4)
>>
>> Put M in for T into equation (4), which yields: >>
>> K = W/M (5).
>>
>> Now we've got something. Expanding back into English, we
>>get:
>>
>> Knowledge equals Work over Money. >>

>> What this MEANS is that:
>>
1. The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and >>
2. The More You Know, the Less Money You Make. >>
>> Solving for Money, we get:
>>
>> M = W/K (6)
>> Money equals Work Over Knowledge. >>
>> From equation (6) we see that Money approaches infinity >>as
Knowledge approaches 0, regardless of the Work done. >>
>> What THIS MEANS is:
>>
>> The More you Make, the Less you Know. >>
>> Solving for Work, we get
>>
>> W = M K (7)
>> Work equals Money times Knowledge >>
>> From equation (7) we see that Work approaches 0 as >>Knowledge
approaches 0.
>>
>> What THIS MEANS is:
>>
>> The stupid rich do little or no work.
>> Working out the socioeconomic implications of this breakthrough
is
left as an exercise for the reader.

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