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Irish Math Test
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> An Irishman wants a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little maths test
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> Here is your first question, the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."
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> "Without numbers?" The Irishman says? "Dat is easy." And proceeds to draw three trees.
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> "What's this?" the boss asks.
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> "Have you ain't got no brain? Tree and tree plus tree makes 9" says the Irishman.
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> "Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
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> 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."
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> The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?"
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> "Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, plus dirty tree. Dat makes 99."
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> The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this Irishman, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100."
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> 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."
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> The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
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> The Irishman leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and whispers, "A little dog come along and poop by each tree.
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> So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which makes ONE HUNDRED!"
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> The Irishman is the new supervisor.

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