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"Here's your first question," the foreman says. "Without using 
numbers, represent the number '9'." 

"Without numbers?" The Rastaman replies, "Oh, dat dere is easy!" 
and he proceeds to draw three trees. 

"What's this?" the boss asks. 

"You no see it, mon? Tree and tree and tree make nine, nuh?" 
says the Rasta. 

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

The Rasta stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture 
that he has just drawn and makes a huge smudge on each tree. 

The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that 
to represent '99'?" 

"Each of da trees him dirty now! So it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, 
and dirty tree. Dat is 99. You tink I no got brain?" 

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

The Rasta 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, mon. One hundred." 

The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that
represents a hundred!" 

The Rasta leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each
tree, and says, "A little dog come along, seen, and crap by each tree.
So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty
tree and a turd, which make one hundred... So when I start, boss?"


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[Contributed by Peter]

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; 
teach him to use the net and he won't bother you for weeks!