Italian Math Test

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ITALIAN MATH TEST
>
> An Italian 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
> Italian says, "Data 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 a nine," says the Italian.
>
> "Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second 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 isa dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and
> dirty tree, and dirty tree. Da t is 99."
>
> The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this
> guy, so he says, "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 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!" (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 came along and crapa by eacha tree. So now you
> gota dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a
> turd, data makea one hundred.
>
>"So, when I'm a gonna start?"

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