:grin: A Italian Joke . . . . . but being from New Joisey it&#39;s like being home again&#33;  (When I was growing up in NJ they called me &quot; Howie da&#39; Fish &quot;) .   I knew a &quot;Tony Soprano&quot;  before there was a &quot;Tony Soprano&quot;. I hope no one is offended by this, but I think it&#39;s a great story.<br />
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Italian Math <br />
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An Italian man wants a job, but the foreman won&#39;t hire him until he <br />
passes a little math test. &quot;Here&#39;s your first question,&quot; the foreman said. <br />
&quot;Without using numbers, represent the number 9.&quot; <br />
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&quot;Without numbers?&quot; the Italian says, &quot;Dat is easy.&quot; And he proceeds to <br />
draw three trees. <br />
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&quot;What&#39;s this?&quot; the boss asks. <br />
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&quot;Aina you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine,&quot; says the Italian. <br />
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&quot;Fair enough,&quot; says the boss. &quot;Here&#39;s your second question. Use the <br />
same rules, but this time the number is 99.&quot; <br />
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The Italian stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture <br />
that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. <br />
&quot;Ere you go.&quot; <br />
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The boss scratches his head and says, &quot;How on earth do you get that to represent 99?&quot; <br />
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&quot;Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it&#39;s dirty tree, and dirty tree, <br />
and dirty tree. Dat is 99.&quot; <br />
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The boss is getting worried that he&#39;s going to actually have to hire <br />
this Italian, so he says, &quot;All right, last question. <br />
Same rules again, but represent the number 100.&quot; <br />
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The Italian stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture <br />
again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, &quot;Ere <br />
you go. One hundred.&quot; <br />
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The boss looks at the attempt. &quot;You must be nuts if you think that <br />
represents a hundred&#33;&quot; <br />
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(You&#39;re going to love this one&#33;&#33;&#33;) <br />
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The Italian leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each <br />
tree and says, &quot;A little dog came along and crap by each tree. So now <br />
you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and <br />
a turd, dat make one hundred. So, when I start?&quot;