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 Post subject: Newfie Math Test
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A Newfie wants a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test.

Here is your first question, the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."

"Without numbers?" The Newfie says? "Da's easy." And proceeds to draw three trees.

"What's this?" the boss asks.

"Have you ain't got no brain? Tree and tree plus tree makes 9" says the Newfie.

"Fair enough," says the boss suspiciously, "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."

The Newfie stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree... "D'ere you 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, plus dirty-tree. Dat makes 99."

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

The Newfie 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!"

The Newfie leans forward patiently and points to the marks at the base of each tree and whispers, "A little dog come along, see, and poop'd by each tree.

So now .......you got dirty-tree and a turd, dirty-tree and a turd, plus dirty-tree and a turd, which makes ONE HUNDRED!"

The Newfie is the new supervisor.

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:lol: I think that's brilliant... in a weird kind of way :P

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Hahaha :-D
Nice imagination xD


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Another job interview Newfie joke for you...

A young man named Mike applied for an engineering position at a Newfoundland firm based in St, Johns. A Mainlander applied for the same job and both applicants, having the same qualifications, were asked to take a test by the department manager. Upon completion of the test both men had only missed one of the questions.

The manager went to Mike and said, "Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the Mainlander the job."

"And why would you be doing that?" asked Mike. "We both get 9 questions correct. This bein' the rock and me being a Newfie, I should get the jab!"

"We have made our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed."

"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?"

"Simple," replied the manager. "On question # 5, the Mainlander put down, 'I don't know.' You put down 'Needer do I.'"

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Just to be fair, I'll post a "smart" Newfie joke too:

A Newfie walked into a bank in Toronto and asked for the loans officer. He told the officer that he was going to Newfoundland on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000, however he was not a depositor of the bank.

The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Newfie handed over the keys to a brand new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank.

The Newfie produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest.

Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Newfie for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan.

An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parked it.

Two weeks later, the Newfie returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07.

The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"

The Newfie replied: "Where else in Toronto can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?"

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:-D Nice one ! :lol:


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