Sheep
There's this shepherd looking after his sheep on the edge 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, a 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, then looks at the grazing
sheep and replies, "Okay."
The young man parks the car, connects his laptop to the mobile-
fax, enters a NASA website, scans the ground using his GPS, opens
a database and 60 Excel tables filled with logarithms and pivot
tables, then prints out a 150-page report on his high-tech
mini-printer.
He turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586 sheep here."
The shepherd answers, "That's correct, you can have your sheep."
The young man takes an animal and puts it in the back of his
Porsche. The shepherd 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 a consultant for Arthur Andersen."
"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. Third, you don't understand anything
about my business. Now can I have my dog back?"
HB
There's this shepherd looking after his sheep on the edge 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, a 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, then looks at the grazing
sheep and replies, "Okay."
The young man parks the car, connects his laptop to the mobile-
fax, enters a NASA website, scans the ground using his GPS, opens
a database and 60 Excel tables filled with logarithms and pivot
tables, then prints out a 150-page report on his high-tech
mini-printer.
He turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586 sheep here."
The shepherd answers, "That's correct, you can have your sheep."
The young man takes an animal and puts it in the back of his
Porsche. The shepherd 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 a consultant for Arthur Andersen."
"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. Third, you don't understand anything
about my business. Now can I have my dog back?"
HB
