[Coda]

Quarter century.

Now, if you don't know 'im, Boudreaux, he from de bayou. And, well, ol' Boudreaux, he got him a interview with one o' them big companies.

De interviewer, he looking for a way to get rid of ol' Boudreaux, and he said, "Boudreaux, dere's a math part to de interview. Show me de number nine, but don' you use any word or number."

Well, Boudreaux, he tink for a little bit, den he take de pencil and he draw a tree, den he draw another tree, den he draw one more tree. An' de interviewer, he say, "Boudreaux, you dumb! How dat de number nine?"

Ol' Boudreaux smile and he say, "Well, you got tree and tree and tree, and dat make nine!"

De interviewer know Boudreaux right, so he make it harder. "Fine. How you show me de number ninety-nine?"

Boudreaux, he tink for a little bit more, den he take his finger an' he rub on de trunks of de trees. De interviewer, he don' know how dat makes sense, an' he say "Boudreaux, how dat de number ninety-nine?"

An' so Boudreaux, he say, "Dirty tree and dirty tree and dirty tree, dey make ninety-nine!"

De interviewer, he get mad. He say, "Boudreaux, dere's one more question. Show me de number one hundred!" He laugh and laugh.

But ol' Boudreaux, he tink for a long time, an' den he draw a little dot at de bottom of each tree. An' de interviewer yell at poor Boudreaux, "Boudreaux, you don' make no sense! How dat de number one hundred?"

Boudreaux, he sigh and explain, "A little dog, he come by an' he poop on all de trees. So you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, an' dat make one hundred."