September 28, 2010 4:36 p.m.

We are used to evidence of political correctness in our children's textbooks.  Minorities are portrayed in a disproportionately large number, and that's cool with us.  There is also gender bias, and we see this when girls are shown achieving something better than boys nine out of ten times.  The girl is often jumping higher, scoring more goals, winning more trophies, you get the idea.

But we found one yesterday that was worth sharing here.  A problem in Sweet Girl's Math book, which read as follows:

Mrs. Rodriguez knitted 126 baby hats.  Mr. Lake knitted 291 hats.  How many hats did they knit in all?

I'm sorry, but the mental image of a grown man, Mr. Lake, knitting baby hats (and so many more than Mrs. R!) just pinned our Funny Meter.  We all had a big laugh over this one.