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 notebook 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 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized
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 animal?" 

"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 crap about my business. 
Now give me back my dog." 

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