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Hillbilly math

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>>>A Hillbilly goes in to apply for a job at Wal Mart but the manager

>>>won't hire him until he passes a little math test.

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>>>"Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using

>>>numbers, represent the number 9."

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>>>"Without numbers?" the Hillbilly says, "Dat's easy." And he proceeds

>>>to draw three trees.

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>>>"What's this?" the manager asks.

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>>>"Ain't you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the

>>>Hillbilly.

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>>>"Fair enough," says the manager. "Here's your second question. Use

>>>the same rules, but this time the number is 99."

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>>>The Hillbilly stares into space for a while, then picks up the

>>>picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree "Ere

>>>ya go."

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>>>The manager scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get

>>>that to represent 99?"

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>>>"Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree,

>>>and dirty tree. Dat's 99."

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>>>The manager is now getting worried that he's going to actually have

>>>to hire this Hillbilly, so he says, "All right, last question. Same

>>>rules again, but represent the number 100."

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>>>The Hillbilly 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 ya go. One hundred."

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>>>The manager looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that

>>>represents a hundred!"

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>>>(You're going to love this one!!!)

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>>>The Hillbilly leans forward and points to the marks at the base of

>>>each tree and says, "A little dog came long and pooped 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 one hundret. So, when I start?

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