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Cajun man 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 Cajun says. \"Dat is easy.\" And he
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 actually going to 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!\"
(Thought you\'d like this one.)
The Cajun leans forward and points to the marks at the base
of each tree and says, \"A little dog come 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?!\"
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 Cajun says. \"Dat is easy.\" And he
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 actually going to 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!\"
(Thought you\'d like this one.)
The Cajun leans forward and points to the marks at the base
of each tree and says, \"A little dog come 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?!\"
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