> A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when a brand new BMW
> screeched to a halt. The driver, a young man in a Prada suit, Gucci shoes
> and Dior sunglasses, leans out of the window and asks:
> "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock will you
give
> me one?"
> The shepherd looks at the young man, obviously a yuppie and calmly
> answers:
> "Sure, why not".
> The yuppie parks the car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects
> it to his AT&T cellphone, surfs to a NASA internet page, where he calls
up
> a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact location fix, this he
> feeds into another NASA satellite to scan the area and produce an ultra
> high resolution photo.
> He then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an
> image processing facility in Germany. Within seconds, the yuppie receives
> an e-mail on his Palm Pilot to say that his image has been processed and
> the data stored.
> He then accesses a MS-SQL database through the ODBC connected Excel
> spreadsheet containing complex formulae. He uploads all of this data via
> an e-mail on his Blackberry and prints a full colour, 150 page report on
> his Hi-tech, compact HP LaserJet printer, turns to the shepherd and
> exclaims:
> "You have exactly 1,586 sheep".
> "That's right!", admits the shepherd. Well I guess you can take one of my
> sheep".
> He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as
> he stuffs it into the boot of his car. The shepherd then turns to the
> young man:
> "Hey, if I tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back
> my sheep?"
> The young man thinks about it for a second and replies "Okay, why not?"
> "You're a Consultant", says the shepherd.
> "Wow! That's correct" admits the yuppie, "but how did you guess?"
> "No guessing required" answers the shepherd, "You arrive here even though
> nobody called you, you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you know sod-all about my business.....
> Now give me back my dog."
LOL