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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a
brand-new BMW advanced towards him out of a dust cloud . The driver,
a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL
tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd, "If I tell you
exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?"
The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
peacefully-grazing flock spread all over the hills, and calmly answered, "Sure."
The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his notebook and connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the Internet where he called
up a surveillance satellite system, scanned the area, and then opened
up a database and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent
an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response.
Finally, he prints out a 150 page report on his hi-tech, miniturised
printer then turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586
sheep."
"That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the shepherd.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his car.
Then the shepherd says: " If I can tell you exactly what
your business is, will you give me back my sheep?"
"OK, why not." answered the young man.
"Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd.
"That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answers the shepherd. "You turned
up here although nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know anything about my business.
Now give me back my dog."
brand-new BMW advanced towards him out of a dust cloud . The driver,
a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL
tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd, "If I tell you
exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?"
The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his
peacefully-grazing flock spread all over the hills, and calmly answered, "Sure."
The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his notebook and connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the Internet where he called
up a surveillance satellite system, scanned the area, and then opened
up a database and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent
an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response.
Finally, he prints out a 150 page report on his hi-tech, miniturised
printer then turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586
sheep."
"That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the shepherd.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his car.
Then the shepherd says: " If I can tell you exactly what
your business is, will you give me back my sheep?"
"OK, why not." answered the young man.
"Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd.
"That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answers the shepherd. "You turned
up here although nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know anything about my business.
Now give me back my dog."