why math is important

[goodpickens]

The next time your children ask, "Why is math so important?",

you can explain ... this is why math is taught in school.


I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver

cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing him to have to drive

onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her. This evidently angered

the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and "flipped"

the woman off.


"Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I ALWAYS smile nicely

and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to

me in traffic, and here's why:


I drive 48 miles each way every day to work. That's 96 miles each day.

Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper. Most of the bumper-

to-bumper is on an 8-lane highway. There are 7 cars every

40 feet for 32 miles.


That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.


Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper to bumper, I figure I

pass at least another 4000 cars. That brings the number to something

like 36,000 cars that I pass every day. Statistically, half of these are

driven by females.


That's 18,000 women drivers!


In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has PMS. That's 642.


According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love life as dissatisfying

or unrewarding. That's 449.


According to the National Institute of Health, 22% of all females have

seriously considered suicide or homicide. That's 98.


And 34% describe men as their biggest problem. That's 33.


According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry

weapons, and this number is increasing. That means that EVERY SINGLE DAY, I drive

past at least one female that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her

biggest problem, has seriously considered suicide or homicide, has PMS, and is

armed.

Flip one off? ... I think not !!!!!!