To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] OT joke shepherd
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:01:11 -0700
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote
pasture when a BMW pulled up. "If I can tell you exactly how many sheep
you have in your flock," the driver said, "will you give me
one?"
The shepherd looked at the man, then at his
flock. "All right," he said.The man whipped
out his laptop and surfed to a website where he called up a GPS satellite
navigation system and scanned the area. Next, he opened up a database of
spreadsheets ith complex formulas. Finally, he sent an e-mail and, after a
few minutes, received a response. He turned to the shepherd and said, "You
have exactly 586 sheep! "That's right," said the
shepherd, "Okay, take one of them."
The young man selected one of the animals and
bundled it into his car. Then the shepherd said, "If I can tell you what
you do for a living, will you give me back my animal?"
Okay," said the cocky young man. You're a consultant," said the shepherd.
That's right," said the man. "How did you
know?"
"Easy," the shepherd answered. "You turned up
without being asked. You want to be paid to give me an answer I already
know, to a question I never asked. And you know nothing about what I
do. Now give me back my dog!"