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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new
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Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window
& Y! \# m8 Y7 H1 l. Rand asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your
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The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his . V7 {' o7 K! ?! J$ L
peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."9 ~6 j3 N. H5 o7 G' T% l5 g
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The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a - Z# a8 x7 u4 {* r- K
cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a 1 k# A" F9 A. c; }0 x& H" i* u
GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database * {7 R( T7 {; V) V% c( Y" b! p
and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his
, i2 |* r6 \2 |! D" hBlackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out
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says,"You have exactly 1586 sheep".
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"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd. ( k1 S) |& x1 m! v4 b) g% k
8 q! b$ p6 `: t( m4 _He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his " H) m# x- x- c4 D- |! x
car.
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Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business
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"OK, why not" answered the young man./ n# ?( A" r# c3 I! K* ]" h
, A* O0 W0 _$ S: ["Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd.
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, @. ^7 O4 v* G& f4 J"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
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"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although
2 M. q- W+ ?. |nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
1 K1 R X& N: nquestion I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give 7 n+ S! }: h3 r& c F5 `
me back my dog". |
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