Irish Maths

[Mercury]

Irish Maths Test

An Irishman applied for a job on a construction site, but the foreman wouldn't hire him until he passed a simple maths test.
Here is your first question, the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."
"Without numbers?" The Irishman says, "Dat is easy," and proceeded to draw three trees.

"What's this?" the boss asked.
"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," said the Irishman.
"Fair enough," said the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
The Irishman stared into space for a while then picked up the picture that he has just drawn and made a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go"

The boss scratched his head and said, "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 is 99."
The boss was getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this Irishman, so he said, "All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number."
The Irishman stared into space some more, then he picked up the picture again and made a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go. One hundred"


The boss looked at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
The Irishman leaned forward and pointed to the marks at the base of each tree and said, "A little dog came along and poo'd by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which makes one hundred."
"So, when do I start?"

[slinky]

OMG that is ace!!!!

My mum's partner is Irish and very thick!!!! we often laugh at him!!!! :noidea:

[WillowTheWhisp]

One of the elders at our church told me that one a few years ago and did the little drawings too - just because I have Irish roots.

I still laugh at it now though :laugh:

[Mercury]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

One of the elders at our church told me that one a few years ago and did the little drawings too - just because I have Irish roots.

I still laugh at it now though :laugh:

I couldnt get the drawings on! It's funny though!

[margaret@rothwel]

Originally Posted by slinky

OMG that is ace!!!!

My mum's partner is Irish and very thick!!!! we often laugh at him!!!! :noidea:

Reminds me of the irishman in the flat below me - bought an indoor TV ariel and said he was going to put it in his loft.

[slinky]

Originally Posted by margaret@rothwel

Reminds me of the irishman in the flat below me - bought an indoor TV ariel and said he was going to put it in his loft.

LMAO!!!! seriously, I know why they call Irish thick.

Me and my mum were laughing a while ago, we were out shopping and we saw some Irish potatoes, I said they won't be potatoes they will be sprouts lmao.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Now if there's one thing the Irish do know it's their spuds.

When I was in Ireland we had a neighbour (few miles down the road) called Mrs. McGarry, bless her cotton socks. One day she invited us round for tea and made an Irish coffee. She carefully poured in the cream over the back of the spoon, then dropped the spoon into the cup and gave it a vigorous stirring!!