lol.  cute.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:51 PM
Subject: Math Test


>A Norwegian 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 Norwegian says, "Dat is 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 nine," says the Norwegian.
> "Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same
> rules, but this time the number is 99." The Norwegian 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 earth 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 is 99."
> The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this
> Norwegian, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but
> represent
> the number 100." The Norwegian 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 Norwegian
> leans forward
> and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog
> came along and crap by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd,
> dirty
> tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, dat make one hundred. So, when 
> I
> start?"
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