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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new ) C& q7 c! w- i; |
BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a ' \2 _$ c& e/ q. a0 z
Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window
2 P% ~9 Y3 {9 j; M, D# qand asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your
2 a9 O. M9 [; b4 d, Wflock, will you give me one?"
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The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
/ _3 f2 ^2 }, Cpeacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."
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$ L! x) D+ M' y' u) f6 Z8 |The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a 6 m5 f1 m0 ^* U. b' r( X* g
cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a + a* |$ M" n4 X! c
GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database , s& o" {* F+ U: ^1 F4 X% t
and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his
, Y; x4 K) c K6 R# |Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out 0 q# h4 L+ F( y2 q9 E; }
a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and / W( u1 T$ X P7 t; O X0 ]
says,"You have exactly 1586 sheep".$ q8 l- f+ X% f: b4 x {
, z& U( w9 I4 v+ t J2 `8 s! r; X, X! Z"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd. ; A, [" n9 A) b4 b. I
6 ~: f( n# P: `3 \, L5 }3 R8 h6 lHe watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his
4 D% J1 U* S# B. u/ o0 q/ Ucar.
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Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business & p! d$ C/ v- N9 E! x
is, will you give me back my animal?"
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"OK, why not" answered the young man.: z' M+ T, Y: P* ], _
" _5 ~4 I, w3 h, P! T# }4 V"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd. . q1 r4 k) l: y. b3 _4 |9 r! G
. B* F# q: m( `8 @ |- S"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
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8 o$ t8 z, W: [- f, k; `. H"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although \8 K3 ~( ~: y5 R9 N4 A j$ d
nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
6 A% A- A$ K. ?question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give
& e+ o* ^' @# `* M* F" Ome back my dog". |
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