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Dr. Joe Siphek
Thu Dec 16th, 2004, 09:06 AM
> > Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using
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> >numbers,
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> > represent the number 9."
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> >
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> > "Without numbers?" The Norwegian says. "Dat is easy," and
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> >proceeds
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> >to draw
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> > three trees.
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> >
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> > "What's this?" the boss asks.
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> >
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> > "'Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the
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> > Norwegian.
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> >
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> > "Fair enough," says the boss. "Here is your second question. Use
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> >the
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> >same
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> > rules, but this time the number is 99."
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> >
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> > The Norwegian stares into space for a while, then picks up the
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> >picture
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> > that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "'Ere you
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> >go."
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> > T he boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that
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> >to
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> > represent 99?"
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> >
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> > "Each of da trees is dirty now! So it's dirty tree, and dirty
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> >tree,
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> >and
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> > dirty tree. Dat is 99."!
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> >
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> >
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> > The boss is getting worried he's! going to have to hire this
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> >Norwegian, so
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> > he says, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent
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> >the
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> > number 100."
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> >
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> > The Norwegian stares into space some more, then he picks up the
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> >picture
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> > again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree, and says,
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> >"Ere you
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> > go. One hundred."
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> >
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> > The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that
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> > represents a hundred!"
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> >
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> > The Norwegian leans forward and points to the marks at the base
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> >of
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> >each
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> > tree, and says, "A little dog come along and crap by each tree. So
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> >now you
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> > got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and
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> >a
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> > turd, which make one hundred..... So when I start?"

friscokidd
Sat Dec 18th, 2004, 08:19 AM
good one :D :lol:

Stuart Little
Sat Dec 18th, 2004, 10:00 AM
I'm almost a fully norweigan mom=100% real dad= 75% nor, 25% Ger...

Anyone know the math on what that makes me :)
I got a billion if ya want em HOE-SYPH-ECK