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From: MSN Nicknameí_n_ìº_ºÍ•_•�?_-̲  (Original Message)Sent: 10/10/2007 12:42 AM

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."
And he proceeds to draw three trees.

"What's this?" the boss
asks.

"Ave you gota no brain? Tree & tree and tree makea nine,"
says the Italian.

"Fair enough," says the boss."Here's your 2nd 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 you go."

The boss  scratches  his head and says,  "How  on  earth
do you get that to represent 99?"

"Each of  da trees is a dirty now.  So, it's dirty tree, & dirty
tree, and dirty tree.  Datsa a 99."

"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 & 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 doga come along and
poopa by eacha tree . So now  you gota  dirty tree & a turd,
dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd,  data makea
one hundred.  So, when I a start!!"  ... eh ?? ... LOLOL ... even !!    



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