Consultant

A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote
pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out
of the dust cloud towards him. 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 and
calmly answered, "Sure."

The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM
Thinkpad and connected it to a cell phone, then he
surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he
called up a GPS satellite navigation 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 130 page report
on his miniaturized printer, then turns to the
shepherd and says,.........

"You have exactly 586 sheep".

"That is correct; take one of the sheep" replies 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
animal ?"

"OK, why not" answers the young man.

"Clearly, you are a consultant" says 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".

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