> Irish Maths Test > > An Irishman applied for a job on a construction site, but the foreman > wouldn't hire him until he passed a simple maths test. > Here is your first question, the foreman said. "Without using numbers, > represent the number 9." > "Without numbers?" The Irishman says, "Dat is easy," and proceeded to draw > three trees. > [] > "What's this?" the boss asked. > > > "Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," said the Irishman. > > "Fair enough," said the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same > rules, but this time the number is 99." > The Irishman stared into space for a while, then picked up the picture that > he has just drawn and made a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go." > [] > The boss scratched his head and said, "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 was getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this > Irishman, so he said, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but > represent the number 100." > The Irishman stared into space some more, then he picked up the picture > again and made a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go. > One hundred." > The boss looked at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that > represents a hundred!" > The Irishman leaned forward and pointed to the marks at the base of each > tree and said, "A little dog came along and crapped 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 do I start?" >
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> An Irishman applied for a job on a construction site, but the foreman
> wouldn't hire him until he passed a simple maths test.
> Here is your first question, the foreman said. "Without using numbers,
> represent the number 9."
> "Without numbers?" The Irishman says, "Dat is easy," and proceeded to draw
> three trees.
> []
> "What's this?" the boss asked.
>
>
> "Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," said the Irishman.
>
> "Fair enough," said the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same
> rules, but this time the number is 99."
> The Irishman stared into space for a while, then picked up the picture that
> he has just drawn and made a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."
> []
> The boss scratched his head and said, "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 was getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this
> Irishman, so he said, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but
> represent the number 100."
> The Irishman stared into space some more, then he picked up the picture
> again and made a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go.
> One hundred."
> The boss looked at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that
> represents a hundred!"
> The Irishman leaned forward and pointed to the marks at the base of each
> tree and said, "A little dog came along and crapped 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 do I start?"
>