Post by yellowvtwin on Nov 8, 2004 10:46:23 GMT 10
Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after his
sheep on the side 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, 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, and then
looks at the large flock of grazing sheep and replies: "Okay." The young
man parks the car, connects his laptop to the mobile-fax, enters a NASA
Webster, 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 1,586 sheep here." The shepherd cheers, "That's
correct, you can have your sheep." The young man makes his pick 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 an IT consultant. "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, and third, you don't understand anything about my business... Now
can I have my DOG back?"
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D