An Italian man wants a job, but the foreman won't hire
him until he passes a little math test. "Here's your first question," the
foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."
"Without numbers?" the Italian says, "Datsa easy." and he proceeds to
draw three trees. "What's this?" the boss asks. "Ave you got no brain? Tree and
tree and tree make a nine," says the Italian. "Fair enough," says the
boss. "Here's your second >question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
The Italian stares into space for a while, then picks up
the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree.
"Ere a you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to
represent 99?" "Each of da trees isa dirty now. So, it's
dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99." The boss is getting worried that he's going to
actually have to hire this Italian, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules again,
but represent the number 100." The Italian stares into space some more, then he picks up
the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go
One hundred." The boss looks at the attempt. "You
must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
(You're going to love this one!!!)
The Italian leans forward and points to the marks at the
base of each tree and says, "A little doga came along and crapa by
eacha tree. So now you gota dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree
anda turd, datsa makea one hundred. So, when I'm a gonna start?"
him until he passes a little math test. "Here's your first question," the
foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."
"Without numbers?" the Italian says, "Datsa easy." and he proceeds to
draw three trees. "What's this?" the boss asks. "Ave you got no brain? Tree and
tree and tree make a nine," says the Italian. "Fair enough," says the
boss. "Here's your second >question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
The Italian stares into space for a while, then picks up
the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree.
"Ere a you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to
represent 99?" "Each of da trees isa dirty now. So, it's
dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99." The boss is getting worried that he's going to
actually have to hire this Italian, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules again,
but represent the number 100." The Italian stares into space some more, then he picks up
the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go
One hundred." The boss looks at the attempt. "You
must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
(You're going to love this one!!!)
The Italian leans forward and points to the marks at the
base of each tree and says, "A little doga came along and crapa by
eacha tree. So now you gota dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree
anda turd, datsa makea one hundred. So, when I'm a gonna start?"
