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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new
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Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window
; E' R! Q" ?9 \% j; q1 G1 m# Tand asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your
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The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his # N C) g9 B; x5 ^6 R' `
peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."
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1 _5 e" [/ H+ BThe yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a 0 P7 K, F$ J/ t* _4 U' r! w( e
cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a
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and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his # X. C6 F" B; V8 t5 l7 H( A, G; c: L- m
Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out 3 ^6 T6 v1 X$ b/ b3 E+ D# s& O
a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and
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" o8 k! c- E. `"That is correct; take one of the sheep" said the shepherd. # w6 F. u, M/ @( z- u
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He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his 5 p& N5 @- M; @3 P2 H' Z' t
car.
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4 ]7 n J$ A$ M' e+ s0 j' T6 eThen the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business 7 L( r, F; L" r. S4 A. U% L# B
is, will you give me back my animal?"
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"OK, why not" answered the young man.) N, T9 B* f" W1 F; N) D& m
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"Clearly, you are a consultant" said the shepherd. ( c3 w1 t( y5 a4 Z
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"That's correct" says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
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"No guessing required" answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although
* }2 `) e2 E, C6 y$ U* nnobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a
! F, M" V1 B9 Y% i2 P" _question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business.... Now give
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