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**NHR** Humor
ITALIAN ARITHMETIC
An Italian workman 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."
"Withouta numbers?" the Italian says, "Datsa
Easy." and he proceeds to draw three trees.
"What's this?" the boss asks.
"Ave you gota no brain? Tree and tree and tree
Makes 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 you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on
Ea rth do you get that to represent 99?"
"Eacha of DA trees is a dirty now. So, it's
Dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Datsa a 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 come along and shita by eacha
Tree. So now you gota dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a Turd, and
dirty tree and a Turd, data makea one hundred. So, whenna do I start?
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