:))))))))))))))))))))))))) "hyperspace" <hyperspace@no.spam> wrote in message news:ih6jqg$uoe$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... > A math professor was explaining a particularly complicated calculus > concept to his class when a frustrated pre-med student interrupts him. > "Why do we have to learn this stuff?" the pre-med blurts out. The > professor pauses, and answers matter-of-factly: "Because math saves > lives." "How?" demanded the student. "How on Earth does calculus save > lives?" "Because," replied the professor, "it keeps certain people out of > medical school."