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    TEACHING MATHS IN 1970
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

    TEACHING MATHS IN 1980
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 80% of the price. What is his profit?

    TEACHING MATHS IN 1990
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80. How much was his profit?

    TEACHING MATHS IN 2000
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

    TEACHING MATHS IN 2005
    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. Your assignment: Discuss how the birds and squirrels might feel as the logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit of £20.

    TEACHING MATHS IN 2009
    A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be offensive to other religious groups not consulted in the felling license. He is also fined a £100 as his chainsaw is in breach of Health and Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something. He has used the chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however he does not have the correct certificate of competence and is therefore considered to be a recidivist and habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken to court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When he is released he returns to find Gypsies have cut down half his wood to build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is arrested, prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a further £100. While he is in jail the Gypsies cut down the rest of his wood and sell it on the black market for £100 cash. They also have a leaving barbeque of squirrel and pheasant and depart leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced £12,000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated government contractor.

    Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be arrested and fined before he realises that he is never going to make £20 profit by hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live off the state for the rest of his life?

    TEACHING MATHS IN 2010
    A logger doesn't sell a lorry load of timber because he can't get a loan to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a derivative of securitised debt related to sub-prime mortgages in Iceland and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million pound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the biggest losses. The logger struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry however, as it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations and he is forced to scrap it. Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and send their cash back home, while claiming unemployment for themselves and their relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport them at the governments expense. Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with different names and fresh girls and start again. The logger protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is on the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay £1,500 registration fees as a gang master. The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as bonuses are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim the difference on expenses and allowances.

    Your assignment: You do the maths.
    Last edited by Treza360; 09-08-2009, 12:08 PM. Reason: Removed comments directed at specific races and group...
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    I can't understand why these facts are in the humour section?
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    • #3
      Hahahahahaha...Its so true, and we wonder why so many Brits move over here!! It's only going to get worse in Australia too...
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      • #4
        If I see any racist hate comments or anything like that in this thread. Then this will be shut down quicker than you can say "I love a good chip war".
        Cheers,
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        • #5
          I enjoyed that.

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          • #6
            ohh so true!!!
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            • #7
              That is pure gold and very true.


              Originally posted by Treza360 View Post
              If I see any racist hate comments or anything like that in this thread. Then this will be shut down quicker than you can say "I love a good chip war".
              Cheers,
              Trent
              I love a good chip war!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Treza360 View Post
                If I see any racist hate comments or anything like that in this thread. Then this will be shut down quicker than you can say "I love a good chip war".
                Cheers,
                Trent
                I didn't think people would go there.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Preen59 View Post
                  That is pure gold and very true.




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                  That was funny, I enjoyed it
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Spyda View Post
                    I didn't think people would go there.
                    Just making it clear.
                    Cheers,
                    Trent
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Treza360 View Post
                      Just making it clear.
                      Cheers,
                      Trent
                      Are you saying we should Google racism? Well ok.. But...

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Preen59 View Post
                        Are you saying we should Google racism? Well ok.. But...
                        But to which one... There are sooo many colours!!
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