Newfie Job Applicants

[retrocop]

A young man named Mike applied for an engineering position at a Newfoundland firm based in St, Johns. A Mainlander applied for the same job and both applicants, having the same qualifications, were asked to take a test by the department manager. Upon completion of the test both men had only missed one of the questions.

The manager went to Mike and said, "Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the Mainlander the job."

"And why would you be doing that?" asked Mike. "We both get 9 questions correct. This bein' the rock and me being a Newfie, I should get the jab!"

"We have made our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed."

"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?"

"Simple," replied the manager. "On question # 5, the Mainlander put down, 'I don't know.' You put down 'Needer do I.'"

[Hopkirk]

Am I alone in not knowing what a newfie is?

[jackthehat]

A Newfoundlander.......having had a conversation with Stuey on an earlier thread, Retrocop is now posting a host of jokes about them...

[retrocop]

Hopkirk
My apologies. A Newfie is from Newfoundland Canada. (Capital St Johns). They are a very hardy people. Have a good sense of humour and are the butt of jokes from other Canadians. They are the Irish of the UK if you will but are equally fine,hard working stalwarts.

[Tilly2]

I have been to Newfoundland three times. The people are the most welcoming, friendly accommodating people you could wish to meet. I'd like to live there. Sadly, it's not possible.

A bit like Ireland really.

[shoota]

I love the way that Tilly writes. I really do.
Seriously.

[Tilly2]

Shoota.........? Are you being horrible to me, again?

[shoota]

No.

[shoota]

Au contraire....

[Tilly2]

I have a brilliant story to tell about one of my whale watching visits to Newfoundland but I don't have time to tell it at the moment because my tea's nearly ready. x

[shoota]

Tea?
It's suppertime...

[retrocop]

shoota
As a ruddy Saaarthener even I know that some Northerners call what I know as supper Tea. My Mancurian b.i.l who is currentlly NFA due to flooded out on Boxing day in Bury has taught me what TEA mean up t'north!!!

[stuey]

Tilly will no doubt be scoffing down some jig's dinner at tea-time, and swilling some screech to knock it down loik.

[retrocop]

Stuey
There was a little speakeasy type pub in the posh S.W. London area of London in Barnes. No bigger than your front room. The imbibers were mostly brain dead and the favoured drink was Screech. Bet shoota knows the "pub" I refer to. Behind the new Barnes nick.

[shoota]

No one, of any geographical orientation has 'tea' at 8.30.
It's either tea at 4.30ish or tea at 6.30/7ish.

[Tilly2]

Tea, dinner, supper, whatever. It was lovely. If I say so, myself

Off to watch Tracey Ullman. Bye. xxxxxxx

[zebo]

The original post, before culinary semantics took over, reminded me of the time one of our Maths answer books was missing. A ner-do-well handed in his homework, in itself a rare occurrence, one answer of which was "Accept 2.7cm, +/- 0.1cm", he still denied knowing where the book was.