Tiger70
11-12-2004, 10:29 PM
Ole is out of work and applies for a job at the plant, but the manager is known for not hiring Norwegians. Upon his arrival, he is interviewed by the manager and told that he would have to answer three questions in order to be hired. The questions for Norwegians are usually designed to be difficult enough so that he can eliminate them from prospective employees.
"Here's your first question," the boss said. "Here is a sheet of paper and a pencil. Without using numbers, I want you use this to represent the number 9."
"Vitout numbers?" Ole says. "Vell den, I can do dat easy," and proceeds to take the paper and pencil to draw three trees.
"What's this?" the boss asks.
"Ain't you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says Ole.
Although he is disturbed at the originality of this applicant, the boss says "Fair enough. Here is your second question. Use the same rules, but this time I want you to represent the number 99."
Ole stares blankly into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree with the eraser. "O K den, here yew go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "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 makes 99."
The boss is getting worried now that he's going to have to hire this Norwegian, but the sheet of paper is quite messy now with the drawings and smudges. So he comes up with a final question that he figures Ole won't have a chance to answer and says, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but this time represent the number 100."
Ole stares into space some more, then picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree, then says, "OK den, here you go. Vun hunderd."
The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
Ole leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree, and says, "Now a little dog come along and he craps by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd. Dat makes a hunderd! Ven do I start?"
"Here's your first question," the boss said. "Here is a sheet of paper and a pencil. Without using numbers, I want you use this to represent the number 9."
"Vitout numbers?" Ole says. "Vell den, I can do dat easy," and proceeds to take the paper and pencil to draw three trees.
"What's this?" the boss asks.
"Ain't you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says Ole.
Although he is disturbed at the originality of this applicant, the boss says "Fair enough. Here is your second question. Use the same rules, but this time I want you to represent the number 99."
Ole stares blankly into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree with the eraser. "O K den, here yew go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "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 makes 99."
The boss is getting worried now that he's going to have to hire this Norwegian, but the sheet of paper is quite messy now with the drawings and smudges. So he comes up with a final question that he figures Ole won't have a chance to answer and says, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but this time represent the number 100."
Ole stares into space some more, then picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree, then says, "OK den, here you go. Vun hunderd."
The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
Ole leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree, and says, "Now a little dog come along and he craps by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd. Dat makes a hunderd! Ven do I start?"