From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!reid Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Mathematician Article-I.D.: uwvax.507 Posted: Sun Jul 25 15:23:30 1982 Received: Wed Jul 28 06:19:02 1982 There was once a math major who could not land a job (can you believe it?), so he joined the Navy. The problem was, each time he was ordered to swab the decks or given other task, he would answer, "minus one, sir".