When Do I Start My Job?

"When Do I Start My Job?"*

*Boudreaux went into the fish market to apply for a job. The boss
thought to himself - I'm not hiring that lazy Cajun, so he decided
to set a test for Boudreaux hoping he wouldn't be able to answer
the questions and he'd be able to refuse him the job without getting
into an argument.

The first question was, "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."

Boudreaux says, "Dat's easy" and proceeds to draw three trees.

The boss says, "What in the world is that?"

Boudreaux says, "Tree 'n tree 'n tree makes nine."

"Fair enough" says the boss. "Second questions, same rules, but
represent 99".

Boudreaux stares into space for a while, then makes a smudge on each tree.

"Der ya go sir," he says.

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

Boudreaux answers, "Each tree is dirty now, so it's dirty tree 'n
dirty tree 'n dirty tree - dat 99."

The boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire Boudreaux
so he says, "All right, question number 3. Same rules again, but
this time represent the number 100."

Boudreaux stares into space again, then he shouts, "I got it!" He
makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Der ya go sir -
100."

The boss looks at Boudreaux's attempt and thinks, "Ha! got him
this time." He then tells Boudreaux, "Go on, Boudreaux, you must
be crazy if you think that represents a 100."

Boudreaux leans forward and points to the little marks at the tree bases

and says, "A little dog comes along and craps by each tree, so
now ya got dirty tree an' a turd, dirty tree an' a tu-rd, and
dirty tree an' a turd, which makes 100. When do I start my job?"
Received on Thu Sep 30 07:31:38 2010