GHOST
04-11-2004, 11:04 AM
vinny and new york math
> A construction boss in Boston was interviewing, when along came a guy
> named Vinny DiGiusto from New York. I'm not going to hire any
> wise-ass New Yorker, the foreman thought, so he made up a test hoping
> that Vinny wouldn't be able to answer the questions, and he'd be able
> to refuse him the job without getting into a dispute.
>
> "Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using
> numbers, represent the number 9."
>
> "Widout numbiz?" Vinny says. "Dat's easy," and he proceeds to draw 3
trees.
>
> "What's this?" the boss asks.
>
> The New Yorker replies, "Ain't you got no brains? Tree 'n Tree 'n
> Tree makes nine. Faghedaboutit......"
>
> "Fair enough," says the Boss.
>
> "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time use
> the number 99."
>
> Vinny stares into space for a minute, then picks up the picture he
> drew and makes a smudge on each tree. "Dare ya go, Buddy."
>
> The Boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that
> to represent 99?"
>
> Vinny says "Each a da tree's is dirty now! So it's dirty tree 'n
> dirty tree 'n dirty tree, dat's 99".
>
> The Boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire the New
> Yorker, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules, but this
> time use 100."
>
> Vinny stares into space again, then picks up the picture once again,
> makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Dare ya go,
> Mac, a hunnert."
>
> The Boss looks at the picture for a moment and says, "You must be
> nuts if you think that represents 100!"
>
> New York Vinny leans forward and points to the marks at the base of
> the trees. "A little doggie comes along and takes a shit on each a
> dem trees, so now ya got dirty tree an' a turd, dirty tree an' a
> turd, dirty tree an' a turd which makes one hundred........
>
> Bada boom, bada bing..........When do I freakin' start?"
> A construction boss in Boston was interviewing, when along came a guy
> named Vinny DiGiusto from New York. I'm not going to hire any
> wise-ass New Yorker, the foreman thought, so he made up a test hoping
> that Vinny wouldn't be able to answer the questions, and he'd be able
> to refuse him the job without getting into a dispute.
>
> "Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using
> numbers, represent the number 9."
>
> "Widout numbiz?" Vinny says. "Dat's easy," and he proceeds to draw 3
trees.
>
> "What's this?" the boss asks.
>
> The New Yorker replies, "Ain't you got no brains? Tree 'n Tree 'n
> Tree makes nine. Faghedaboutit......"
>
> "Fair enough," says the Boss.
>
> "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time use
> the number 99."
>
> Vinny stares into space for a minute, then picks up the picture he
> drew and makes a smudge on each tree. "Dare ya go, Buddy."
>
> The Boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that
> to represent 99?"
>
> Vinny says "Each a da tree's is dirty now! So it's dirty tree 'n
> dirty tree 'n dirty tree, dat's 99".
>
> The Boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire the New
> Yorker, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules, but this
> time use 100."
>
> Vinny stares into space again, then picks up the picture once again,
> makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Dare ya go,
> Mac, a hunnert."
>
> The Boss looks at the picture for a moment and says, "You must be
> nuts if you think that represents 100!"
>
> New York Vinny leans forward and points to the marks at the base of
> the trees. "A little doggie comes along and takes a shit on each a
> dem trees, so now ya got dirty tree an' a turd, dirty tree an' a
> turd, dirty tree an' a turd which makes one hundred........
>
> Bada boom, bada bing..........When do I freakin' start?"