A man from Newfoundland
A man from Newfoundland went into the fish market to apply for a job.
The boss thought to himself, “I’m not hiring that lazy newf”, so he decided to set a test for the Newfie hoping he wouldn’t be able to answer the questions and he’d be able to refuse him the job without getting into an argument.
The first question was, “Without using numbers, represent the number 9.”
Newfie says, “Dat’s easy” and proceeds to draw three trees.
The boss says, “What in the world is that?”
Newfie says, “Tree ‘n tree ‘n tree makes nine.”
“Fair enough” says the boss.
“Second question, same rules, but represent 99”.
Newfie stares into space for a while, then makes a smudge on each tree.
“Der ya go bye,” he says.
The boss scratches his head and asks, “How on earth do you get that to represent 99?”