Cajun Math

[robroy]

I have just found this one on another board. But I do know about the accent though, or how accurate it is. But I can think of it applying to more than just cajun.

A Cajun man wants a job, but the foreman won't hire

him until he passes a little maths test.

"Here's your first question, the foreman said.

"Without using numbers, represent the number 9."

"Without numbers?" the Cajun says, "Dat is easy,"

and 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 Cajun.

"Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second

question. Use the same rules, but this time the

number is 99."

The Cajun stares into space for awhile, 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 Cajun, so he says, "all right, last

question. Same rules again, but represent the

number 100."

The Cajun 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!"

The Cajun 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, which makes one hundred.....

So, when I start???

[handplane]

I have just found this one on another board. But I do know about the accent though, or how accurate it is. But I can think of it applying to more than just cajun.

It's close if not right on.

Let tg decide!!

[tg1911]

Accents off, but the math .

Good one robroy.

[Vile_DR]

Boss'es these days will never learn. They keeping digging their own hole as if they were climb a latter...but quicker...

[murtu52]

smart guy....i mean, think about it...wow...