
Originally Posted by
colwal
An Irish gentleman wants a job, but the English foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test.
"Oll right geezer, ere is your furst question,” the foreman said.
"Withou usin numbas, represent the numba 9."
"Without numbers?" the Irishman says, "Dat is easy."
And he proceeds to draw three trees.
"What's this oll abou'en?" the boss puzzled.
"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the Irish man.
"Oh right," says the boss. " Youu second question. Use the same rules, but this time the numba is 99."
The Irishman stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "You avin a giraffe mate? Ow on eath do you get that to represent 99?"
"Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat's 99."
The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this Irishman, so he says, "Oll right, last question. Same ruwles again, ba represent the numba 100."
The Irishman 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. "Yor a nutta, if you think that represents a undred!"
The Irishman leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog come along and craped by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd. Dat makes one hundred.
So, when I start?"