Shaun and Patrick applied for a single position at a computer company.
They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take a test by the Department manager.
Upon completion of the test, both men missed only one of the questions.
The manager went to the Shaun and said, "Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the job to the other applicant."
"And why would you be doing that? We both got 9 questions correct," asked Shaun.
"We have based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed," said the Department manager.
"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?" he asked.
"Simple," said the Department manager, "Your fellow applicant put down on question 5, 'I don't know.'
Saw that one coming because it remionds me of an ex-pupil, now a guest of HM, A Maths answer book had disappeared from my room and I knew he'd taken it because his homework had answers like 'accept an answer +/- 0.2'. Idiot, when he and his brother were arreested having turned 16 their mother was told they would be held in a cell overnight, she could bring what they would need. She turned up with a bag of colouring books and pencils.