KiwiTT
22-09-2004, 05:04 AM
A shepherd was herding his flocks in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand new Jeep Cherokee advanced towards him out of a dust cloud. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and a YSL tie leaned out of the window and asked our shepherd: "If I can tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?"
The shepherd looks at the yuppie, then at his peacefully grazing flock and answers, "Sure!"
The yuppie parks the car, whips out his notebook, connects it to a cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system, scans the area, opens up a database and some 60 Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas. Finally he prints out a 150 page report on his hi-tech miniaturized printer, turns round to our shepherd and says: "You have here exactly 1586 sheep!"
"This is correct. As agreed, you can take one of the sheep," says the shepherd. He watches the young man make a selection and bundle it into his Cherokee. As the car starts to pull away he calls out: "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me my sheep back?"
"Okay, why not" answers the young man, stopping the car. "You are a consultant" says the shepherd. "That is correct," says the yuppie, "How did you guess?" "Easy" answers the shepherd. "You turn up here without being asked. You want to be paid for information I already have. And you don't know anything about my business because you took my dog.
The shepherd looks at the yuppie, then at his peacefully grazing flock and answers, "Sure!"
The yuppie parks the car, whips out his notebook, connects it to a cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the Internet where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system, scans the area, opens up a database and some 60 Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas. Finally he prints out a 150 page report on his hi-tech miniaturized printer, turns round to our shepherd and says: "You have here exactly 1586 sheep!"
"This is correct. As agreed, you can take one of the sheep," says the shepherd. He watches the young man make a selection and bundle it into his Cherokee. As the car starts to pull away he calls out: "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me my sheep back?"
"Okay, why not" answers the young man, stopping the car. "You are a consultant" says the shepherd. "That is correct," says the yuppie, "How did you guess?" "Easy" answers the shepherd. "You turn up here without being asked. You want to be paid for information I already have. And you don't know anything about my business because you took my dog.