Italian Math,Cute

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."

''Without numbers?", the Italian says, "Datsa easy."

He proceeds to draw three trees.

"What's this?" the boss asks.

"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree makea 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. Datsa a 99."

The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire
this guy, 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 a dog 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?

 

That was cute. My closest friend growing up was of Italian descent and whenever they had a family get-together, the Italian and Sicilian jokes flew.

Thanks for the laugh and reminding me of my best friend who I will call tonight.

 

Good one Gene!



EDB