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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new 8 l5 |3 x/ L% L! Y6 X7 v9 O
BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a
9 Q: u4 Y: P: i8 W7 P" @( M2 rBroni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window
" L# n1 Y9 a; s- O( [& N" Pand asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your
& ~5 j/ C$ ]* ^5 I9 T0 A Q8 Oflock, will you give me one?"
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The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his . s* R) k: z" R: `7 h' w5 u7 O
peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."
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, I9 c- n0 t4 RThe yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a
4 b T% f, Z, O$ b) X, m, o: Acell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a ( p* ^/ Q; v$ g2 Q
GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database
. a& ?! c$ g! i4 t/ [and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his
# v+ o, D* X, U( y2 N- eBlackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out
! \/ z! |3 U6 L& M# {a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and
( u5 V/ U4 [9 K- E0 Qsays,"You have exactly 1586 sheep".
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"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd.
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He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his ) G" |, T0 D$ P, `- V6 s
car.
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Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business
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- F, m1 u9 m% ]8 _: }& z8 K4 ]/ R"OK, why not" answered the young man. [ ?; Q- s* b- A' Q1 u% H
& h+ f+ G W1 p7 z"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd. 0 s! s( B: q2 \$ T7 M/ `, z3 \, I
+ _2 n9 ]8 {3 H" |- A) I8 _"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"( {4 b A" _. n) F
3 K L! M5 H' W"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although 1 D4 A W$ c2 [$ W, n5 s
nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
6 R4 X( V! {, N3 L Squestion I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give / i& y, z, M4 H
me back my dog". |
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