Jason Iles
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Bristol
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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, "
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>
> 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."
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>
> The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM Think-pad 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.
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> 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 1,586 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.
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> Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business is,
> will you give me back my sheep?"
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>
> "OK, why not," answered the young man.
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>
> "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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