Good One [NC]

 

 

From: Saxena, Ritesh

 

Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after his sheep on the side

of a deserted road. Suddenly a brand new Porsche screeches to a halt.

The driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti shoes, Ray-Ban

sunglasses,TAG-Heuer wrist-watch, and a Pierre Cardin tie, gets out and asks the

Shepherd:"If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you give me one of

them?"

The shepherd looks at the young man, and then looks at the large flock

ofgrazing sheep and replies: "Okay." The young man parks the car,

connectshis laptop to the mobile-fax, enters a NASA Webster, scans the ground

using his GPS, opens a database and 60 Excel tables filled with logarithms

andpivot tables, then prints out a 150 page report on his high-tech

mini-printer. He turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly

1,586 sheep here."

The shepherd cheers," That's correct, you can have your sheep."

The young man makes his pick and puts it in the back of his Porsche.

Theshepherd looks at him and asks:"If I guess your profession, will you return my animal to me?"

The young man answers, "Yes, why not". The shepherd says, "You are an IT consultant ".

How did you know?" asks the young man.

"Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came here without

being called. Second, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already

knew,and third, you don't understand anything about my business...

Now can I have my DOG back?"

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