stan v
01-18-2003, 10:22 AM
A Houston construction site boss was interviewing men for a job,
> when along came a Lower Cajun.
>
> I'm not hiring any Cajuns, the foreman thought to himself, so he
> made up a test hoping that the Cajun wouldn't be able to answer the
questions, and
> he'd be able to refuse
him the job without getting into an argument.
>
> "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 is your second question. Use
the
> same rules, but this time the number is 99."
>
> The Cajun 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 its dirty tree, and dirty tree,
> and dirty tree. Dat is 99."
>
> The boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire this guy, so
> he says, "Alright, last question. Same rules again, but represent the
> number 100."
>
> The Cajun stares into space again, 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 tree bases,
> and says, "A little dog come along and crap by each tree, so now
> you've got dirty tree and a turd, dirty
tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which make one 'hundred.
So when I start?"
> when along came a Lower Cajun.
>
> I'm not hiring any Cajuns, the foreman thought to himself, so he
> made up a test hoping that the Cajun wouldn't be able to answer the
questions, and
> he'd be able to refuse
him the job without getting into an argument.
>
> "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 is your second question. Use
the
> same rules, but this time the number is 99."
>
> The Cajun 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 its dirty tree, and dirty tree,
> and dirty tree. Dat is 99."
>
> The boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire this guy, so
> he says, "Alright, last question. Same rules again, but represent the
> number 100."
>
> The Cajun stares into space again, 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 tree bases,
> and says, "A little dog come along and crap by each tree, so now
> you've got dirty tree and a turd, dirty
tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which make one 'hundred.
So when I start?"